Township puts fate of Huyser House on 6-month timeline
The parks commission moved the fate of the Huyser House to the township building authority.
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A West Michigan gem in Allegan County. Family-friendly living & recreation.
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Outdoor Discovery Center, Laketown announce parks programs
Laketown Township and the Outdoor Discovery Center announced programs for the upcoming year.
Saugatuck students plant shade trees at Laketown’s Shore Acres Township Park
One maple. One oak. One maple. One oak. “You’re going to enjoy it in 25 years,” Saugatuck High School English teacher Mike Shaw told almost two dozen students on Tuesday, Nov. 22, in the middle of the wind-blown parking lot…
Laketown Township expands park system with purchase of 2.5 acres with house
Laketown Township is adding to its parks system. The township board agreed on Wednesday, Nov. 9, to purchase 2.5 acres of land and a house already bordered on three sides by 36.5 acres of Wolters Woods Park. The purchase price…
Laketown Township trees ready for role in Highland Games
A future Highland Games champion may literally have roots in Laketown Township. Local participants in the Holland Celtic Festival and Highland Games collected more than a dozen fallen trees from two township parks on Tuesday, Nov. 1, that will be…
Workers plant grass to stabilize dune at Laketown Township Beach
Workers began planting dune grass at Laketown Township Beach, 6710 142nd Ave., on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. A crew from Olde Paths, Inc., of Holland, covered the area by the upper east-west boardwalk. This is the first planting that will…
At 1 year anniversary, Laketown Township’s pickleball courts are popular, poised for expansion
Randy Rypma can hear the ping-ponging of the pickleball paddles from his house just behind the tree line. The sound is music to his ears. “We play three times a week,” Rypma said about the new courts at Laketown Township…
Carving ‘autographs’ into tree bark causes damage, should be avoided
Almost 20 years ago, a couple etched a heart into the side of a tree along a path in Wolters Woods Park. In 2008, “T.W.” left a mark carved into the bark of a tree in Sanctuary Woods Park. The…