HOLLAND — To kick off the start of a new year, Holland Museum will host two different winter programs, including one celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement.Beginning Friday, Jan. 15, members of the community will be able to pick up special kits that include an activity and instructions for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.The kits will be available 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.The museum will host an in-person and
OTTAWA COUNTY — Area hospitals welcomed their first newborns of the year as the calendar turned to 2021 Friday.Holland Hospital’s first baby of 2021 was Houston Lee Rios, born at 11:40 a.m. to parents Shelby Deleon and Justin Rios. Houston was born weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces and is 19 inches long.At Spectrum Health Zeeland Community Hospital, the year’s first baby came at 3:12 p.m. Ashley and Lane Perrin of Hudsonville welcomed son Jace Roger Perrin, weighing 8 pounds and
OTTAWA COUNTY — Across Ottawa County, thousands of doses of the first two FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines have arrived and have been administered to hospital staff and paramedics.The Ottawa County Department of Public Health began vaccinations of health department staff and EMTs Friday, Dec. 18 at a clinic set up at Grand Valley State University’s Holland campus.OCDPH has vaccinated about 500 people at its clinic and at several congregate living facilities. The first to be vaccinated
OTTAWA COUNTY — Across Ottawa County, thousands of doses of the first two FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines have arrived and have been administered to hospital staff and paramedics.The Ottawa County Department of Public Health began vaccinations of health department staff and EMTs Friday, Dec. 18 at a clinic set up at Grand Valley State University’s Holland campus.OCDPH has vaccinated about 500 people at its clinic and at several congregate living facilities. The first to be vaccinated
Step right up, Eleanor and Leo.You’ve joined the big leagues now.The two names claimed spots on the top 10 lists of baby names at the Family Birthplace and Natural Birthing Suites at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital for 2020.Eleanor scooted her way to No. 7 for girls, and Leo crawled to a ninth-place tie for boys.Nationally, both names have followed a steady trajectory upward in popularity in recent years, according to the Social Security Administration, which keeps records dating to