Saugatuck

The latest West Michigan school district to evolve to a new nickname for their athletic teams has come to a conclusion after the school board approved the move Monday.

As 2021 begins, the athletic teams at Saugatuck Public Schools will go without a mascot. With the help of the public and a small group of students in a selection committee, the new mascot should be announced by the end of February.

Another West Michigan school district is in the process of changing the name of their mascot after it will formally be retired at the end of 2020.

Heading into the weekend, the roller coaster is taking a headlong plunge in some coastal areas. And seemingly in the blink of an eye, did another abrupt changeover and went back up to near normal overnight.

Are 'Ice Volcanoes' the new 'Ice Balls' along the Michigan shore?

A deer who wandered to the shoreline of Lake Michigan and frolicked with holiday weekend tourists and townies may be immobilized and relocated by Michigan Department of Natural Resources.