Muskegon’s growing soul food scene is ‘bringing us together’
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
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MUSKEGON, MI – For LaKisha Harris, no one makes food like people in Muskegon.
The growing soul food scene in Muskegon, home to the turkey knuckle, is a key part of that culinary landscape.
In the past five years, Muskegon’s soul food scene has grown with the launch of five restaurants or caterers starting to serve the traditionally southern cuisine that has deep roots in the Black community.
Harris opened Soul Filled Eatery last year, and she joins Corine’s Cakes & Catering, Lott & Big Weezy’s, The Hideout and Kuntry Cookin’. She believes the burgeoning soul food scene is a sign that persistent segregation in Muskegon is changing through food.
House resolution ‘directly pointed’ at Muskegon County casino project, state lawmaker says
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
A rendering of a proposed casino is displayed during a Bureau of Indian Affairs public hearing on Dec. 12, 2018, at Fruitport Middle School, in Fruitport, Michigan. (MLive file photo)
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – The proposed tribal casino in Muskegon County hit a bit of a snag this week.
However, a local state representative and the tribe that would build and operate the casino say they still expect the casino to eventually be constructed on the former horse racetrack site, not far from The Lakes Mall, along Harvey Street in Fruitport Township.
Will the pandemic be the final nail in the coffin for Michigan’s malls?
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
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National trends have not been favorable for malls for almost two decades.
In 2008, the financial crisis closed 400 of America’s 2,000 largest malls. Ten years later the “retail apocalypse” cut retail chains nearly in half, a Yale School of Management paper reported.
In 2017, the investment banking company Credit Suisse predicted 25% of all malls in America would be closed by 2022.
This was all before a global pandemic halted in-person shopping for months; which begs the question will COVID-19 be the final nail in the coffin?
Four accused of stealing $10.5K in goods from Muskegon area stores then crashing car on I-96
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
Posted Jan 08, 2021
Four Kalamazoo area residents are accused of stealing $10,500 worth of merchandise from three Muskegon area businesses.
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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Four people from the Kalamazoo area were arrested after police found more than $10,500 in merchandise they allegedly stole in a car they crashed on I-96, according to police.
The Muskegon County incident began Wednesday, Jan. 6, with a call from a business in the area of the Lakes Mall on Harvey Street reporting a shoplifting, according to information provided by the Fruitport Township Police Department.
By Lauren Thomas, CNBC •
Updated on January 6, 2021 at 12:54 pm
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Macy s is closing dozens of department stores this year.
The closures are part of a previously announced plan by Macy s to shut 125 locations by 2023, which the retailer outlined last February.
department stores this year, in a bid to move out of underperforming malls and trim a real estate empire that isn t as valued as it once was.
Liquidation sales have already started at some of the locations that are closing. The rest are slated to start later this month.
(See a full list of the closing stores and recently closed locations below.) In 2020, Macy s closed about 30 locations.