5 Michiganders Compete on This Season of “LEGO Masters”
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FOX’s creative reality TV series, LEGO Masters, premieres on Tuesday night, and 5 of the 24 contestants this season will be from Michigan. The show, entering it s second season, will feature 12 teams of two six male-male teams, four male-female teams and two female-female teams. Each team will aim to show off their LEGO skills building incredible original LEGO creations and also pass unique LEGO challenges.
Representing Michigan this season are Maria and Phillip Straatsma of Kentwood and Zach and Tim Croll of Gaylord. and Dawn Sloboda, of Coopersville who is paired with her brother, Jack Schwarz from Ohio. Sloboda told Mlive that it s great to to Michigan a big part of show this season.
When is comes to riding the rails of America you have just a few choices: Amtrack, illegally grabbing a ride on a freight train - hobo style, or taking a short trip on an antique tourist railroad like the Coopersville and Marne Railway near Grand Haven.
But imagine hopping the rails solo like you would cruise the open roads in an automobile. It was actually once possible in a personal, motorized railcar named a Kalamazoo.
The image was shared to a Canadian-based Facebook history group, Old BC: The Way it Was with the uploader sharing this information:
Well, this is a motorized railcar called the Kalamazoo that was evidently used on the tracks around the Enderby/Vernon area way back in the late 1880s-early 1890s, before regular trains went into service. This photograph is circa 1891, and the folks onboard include George Riley, who later became a BC Senator, and his family.
Boil water advisory lifted for entire city of Coopersville
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By: FOX 17
and last updated 2021-05-19 21:33:15-04
COOPERSVILLE, Mich. â A boil water advisory has been lifted after being issued for the entire city of Coopersville, city officials tell us, saying repairs were completed much sooner than expected.
The City explains that a drop in pressure in Coopersvilleâs water may have led to bacterial contamination.
Officials briefly advised residents to boil water for a full minute and allow the water to cool before consumption or use until the advisory was lifted less than three hours after it was issued.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
West Michigan inches closer to ‘normal’ with even retail leases seeing an uptick. Courtesy Pinnacle Construction Group
Advantage Commercial Real Estate Services LLC released its first quarterly market report since opening at the beginning of 2021.
Advantage announced the opening of its commercial real estate firm and office location at 1575 Arboretum Drive SE, Suite 402, in Grand Rapids this past January. The newly formed group is made up of former Colliers West Michigan advisers who wanted a locally owned and locally focused real estate firm.
“We understand that to better serve the community, we must be able to make quick, calculated, and local decisions,” said Managing Principal Mark Ansara. “Our decision to structure the company around our clients, the true trailblazers, supports those that are actively seeking growth throughout Michigan and beyond.”