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by  Allan Lengel On a sunny, muggy Sunday morning, roughly 100 people from Metro Detroit gathered to show love for the Fensters, who have been pushing for the release of family member Danny Fenster, a journalist detained in a Myanmar prison for 36 days. In a gathering billed as "Calm for a Cause," people came to a recreational area in Huntington Woods, behind Burton Elementary School, to socialize with Danny's parents, Buddy and Rose, older brother Bryan and relatives, and to do yoga, meditate, listen to music and paint hearts of love on a slab of barn wood. P...

While there won’t be parades this year, visitors can still enjoy the floats that have greeted guests for dozens of years at Tulip Time. Todd Weiser with the Tulip Time Steering Committee discusses the famous “Tulip Time” float from PPI.

Tulip Time festivities begin with tonight’s Klompen Classic, and the festival starts Thursday morning in Pella. Cyndi Atkins with the Steering Committee is thankful to all the volunteers who have stepped up to help with some of the modified events this year. Additionally, she’s reminding all residents that street scrubbing will still take place despite the lack of parades, so those with Dutch costumes can gather on Franklin Street and join in the tradition. While there won’t be a parade this year, several floats will be on display during the celebration in the central business district....