White Lake Beacon

12/08/2025

WHITEHALL — Mikayla Varso is a small-town girl determined to make it big in the music industry.

12/08/2025

MUSKEGON -- A more than 20-year tradition, which took an extended break thanks to COVID, has returned to the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) for the holiday season – the Festival of Trees! The last time this event occurred was back in 2019, MMA Assista…

MUSKEGON -- A more than 20-year tradition, which took an extended break thanks to COVID, has returned to the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) for the holiday season – the

12/03/2025

Spartan West Bowling Center offers the best of both worlds - family entertainment and a full course menu that customers will vouch for as some of the best food around.

12/02/2025

WHITEHALL — The Whitehall City Council on Nov. 25 authorized City Manager Dan Tavernier to purchase a leaf collection truck to replace one of the city’s aging vehicles. Tavernier said buying the truck will be more cost-effective in the long term tha…

WHITEHALL — The Whitehall City Council on Nov. 25 authorized City Manager Dan Tavernier to purchase a leaf collection truck to replace one of the city’s aging vehicles. Tavernier said

11/26/2025

As much as Sanborn’s Jewelers sparkles with diamonds, rubies and other precious gems and stones, it sparkles even more with community pride and spirit.

11/25/2025

Hoyt and Ann Payment opened Irish Hoyt’s in beautiful downtown Ludington in 1955. In 1980 Mike, their youngest son, took over. Years later, Julie Payment, Mike’s wife, took the reins and completed a total overhaul of the space. In 2011, Megan and Br…

Hoyt and Ann Payment opened Irish Hoyt’s in beautiful downtown Ludington in 1955. In 1980 Mike, their youngest son, took over. Years later, Julie Payment, Mike’s wife, took the reins

11/24/2025

Bowen Street PUD

11/24/2025

Jennifer Reeths and Kimberlynn Carlson of the Lakeshore Museum Center gave a presentation Nov. 19 at the Montague branch of the Muskegon Area District Library titled “Shaping the Landscape: West Michigan’s Environmental History.”

Jennifer Reeths and Kimberlynn Carlson of the Lakeshore Museum Center gave a presentation Nov. 19 at the Montague branch of the Muskegon Area District Library titled “Shaping the Landscape: West

11/24/2025

Hannah Hellewell and Evangelyn “Evan” Boltz may be teenagers, but they can now add “playwright” to their resumes. The girls are the writers of the White Lake Youth Theatre Council original production of “Don’t Say Macbeth!”

Hannah Hellewell and Evangelyn “Evan” Boltz may be teenagers, but they can now add “playwright” to their resumes. The girls are the writers of the White Lake Youth Theatre Council

11/21/2025

Imagine, if you will, a sort of Disneyland for liquor connoisseurs. Shelves upon shelves of every bottle you can think of – and some you’ve never even heard of. Add a giant beer cave and walls of wine, and that’s what you’ll find at Ludington Liquor…

Imagine, if you will, a sort of Disneyland for liquor connoisseurs. Shelves upon shelves of every bottle you can think of – and some you’ve never even heard of. Add

11/17/2025

The Whitehall City Council looked a bit different at its Nov. 11 meeting and work session as changes from the Nov. 4 election took effect.

11/17/2025

The Whitehall and Montague Schools’ “Food Drive Blitz” has concluded, and the winners are the local food pantries that received a total of 11,988 donated items.