August 27, 2025
Before settling in Newaygo and starting Parsley’s Sport Shop, Ron Parsley of Logan, West Virginia was the catcher for the US Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune baseball team.
Newaygo Parsleys to be honored at
Logging Festival
This year’s Logging Festival parade on Sunday afternoon will be led by the proprietors of Parsley’s Sport Shop, an anchor of Newaygo’s downtown business community for more than 40 years.
August 20, 2025
The fourth annual Deb Emerick Summer Celebration of Music on Tuesday, Aug.12 featured The Wheatermen Quartet, with Dean Morehouse (far left) and Doug Wheater, Joe Wheater and Rich Wheater.
More images from the event are inside on Page 2.
Photo by Kelly Parks
August 13, 2025
August 6, 2025
Gerber Federal Credit Union staff members thanked local artist Kaitlyn Knuver Morse (far left) for her new 44-foot-long mural that is displayed on the side of The Stable, a new multi-use barn at the Newaygo County Fairgrounds. The credit union contributed to the barn project and the mural.
Morse is the artist who painted the striking draft horse mural on the nearby Ron Nelson Memorial Draft Horse Barn.
Photo by RCWheater Sr.
Fairgrounds gets new mural
July 30, 2025
White Cloud Questions remain after dam meeting
By R.C.Wheater Sr.
Approximately 100 people heard the information shared at the Monday, July 21 special meeting of the White Cloud City Council, but few of them seemed satisfied with what they heard.
July 23, 2025
The State of Michigan’s coming surplus land auction includes this forested property of more than 14 acres features approximately 2,000 feet of frontage on the Thunder Bay River in Montmorency County.
From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Surplus state land auction includes 20 parcels in Newaygo
County
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is preparing 126 properties, including 20 parcels in Newaygo County, for sale via online auctions later this summer.
DNR officials said that some of the properties being sold include river frontage, lake frontage and forested acreage surrounded by private ownership.
The auction of properties in Newaygo, Mecosta and Midland counties is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22. Ten other auctions are planned for properties in counties all over both of Michigan’s peninsulas.
July 16, 2025
Festival Queen
enjoys serving
The Queen of the National Baby Food Festival has learned some things in her 19 years of life and in her 12 months as Queen.
Victoria Karnemaat, 19-year-old daughter of Kim and Kent Karnemaat of Fremont, said that she has learned some things about effort, persistence, service and community.
“My Dad has taught me hard work, how to serve and do it for people,” the Queen said last week. “I’m glad I’ve been taught that, and I have a chance to practice it.”
Victoria served on the 2024 Queen’s Court after applying and not being selected for the 2023 Court.
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July 9, 2025
Hesperia’s annual Family Fun Fest parade marched through the village at noon on Friday, July 4.
The day also included pony rides, tractor pulling, radio-controlled racing, axe throwing, a firefighters’ water battle, horse pulling and more.
Photos by RCWheater Sr.
July 2, 2025
June 25, 2025
Collisions at Croswell Ave. and 48th Street
A Thursday morning collision east of Fremont turned into a series of crashes and involved a total of four vehicles, multiple injuries and one death.
By R.C.Wheater Sr.
June 18, 2025
National Baby Food Festival
2025 NBFF Queen’s Court announced
National Baby Food Festival Queen Victoria Karnemaat and her new court were in Oceana County on Saturday for the National Asparagus Festival parade, the first public appearance for the newly-announced court.
Along with Queen Victoria of Fremont, the court includes Hailey Guerra of Grant, Alyson Knuver of Fremont and Andi Veltkamp of White Cloud.
June 11, 2025
Reclaimed Beauty
Teacher Monica Grimard introduced the Hesperia High School students who created the new “Reclaimed Beauty” mural that was presented to the community on Thursday, June 5 at Vida Weaver Park on the banks of the White River. Students created the leaping steelhead and the river setting with recycled, reused and refound materials.
The project was funded by a grant from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, through TrueNorth Community Services. Grimard thanked the local people who helped find materials and build the structure. Russ Baker (with his dog, below) helped with the construction work.
This is the first of a two-phase project, with a similar student-made mural scheduled to be added later to the other side of the fenced area.
Photos by RCWheater Sr.
June 4, 2025
Major Gen. Rod Faulk (right) delivered this year’s Memorial Day address, reminding his audience of the high cost of American freedom and describing some of the heroic sacrifices that America’s military heroes have made.
Photos by
Russ Tindall
May 28, 2025
A crew from Mellema Nursery planted dozens of flowers along Main Street near Mechanic Ave.
May 21, 2025
Foundation advocates for Newaygo County in Lansing
Fremont Area Community Foundation staff members and partners have made several trips to Lansing this spring to advocate for Newaygo County, share local stories and highlight areas of concern.
May 14, 2025
Birding Trail Open
Educator and birding veteran Terry Grabill heard a bird call and then found and pointed-out the bird in the trees near the Newaygo County Welcome Center north of Newaygo. As part of the grand opening of the new Newaygo County Birding Trail, Grabill guided a short bird-watching excursion in the nearby forest.
May 7, 2025
Fremont
Stolen car crashes at
Stewart and Main
A stolen vehicle carrying four young people crashed at the intersection of Stewart Ave. and Main Street on Sunday evening, April 27.
April 30, 2025
A brilliantly bright orange oriole was attracted to a bright orange at Fremont Lake last week.
Photo by Jane Stroschin
Fremont Community
Recreation Authority
seeks millage renewal
In the May 6 local election, voters in Dayton and Sheridan townships and the City of Fremont will be asked to decide on a renewal of the millage that supports the Fremont Community Recreation Authority.
April 23, 2025
Newaygo County schools received Stop the Bleed Kits last week last week, kits made to help stop life-threatening bleeding before emergency responders arrive.
April 16, 2025
Millions of eggs!
Tuesday morning, April 8, Jude, age seven-and-a-half, watched the egg harvesting and fertilizing operation with his family at the Pine Street Access Site on the Muskegon River downstream from Croton Dam.
Photos by RCWheater Sr.
New opportunities and experiences continue to whirl around Iris Herrera as she advances in the televised competition of “The Voice.”
“Voice” journey continues for Iris
April 9, 2025
Fish Fry!
Linda Hagen (left) and Valeria Poholski served diners at the Friday, April 4 Lenten Fish Dinner at All Saints Catholic Church in Fremont. Valeria Poholski, 96, has worked all of this year’s fish dinners and plans to work the last one on Friday evening, April 11 at 5 p.m. She noted that she graduated from Hesperia High School in 1947 with Linda Hagen’s mother, Eleanor (Gilbert) Allen.
The Dessert Ladies, Colleen Conant (left), Kay Cummings Clouse (center) and Bonnie Erber, presided over an impressive array of sweet treats.
Photos by RCWheater Sr.
April 2, 2025
This John Deere and a host of other machines arrived early on Thursday morning, March 27 for Fremont High School’s 20th annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day hosted by the Fremont FFA chapter.
The City of Fremont expects to add housing for 27 families in the next few months, with new dwellings and neighborhoods to be built on two pieces of city-owned property.
With some encouragement from basketball official Ollie Sandifer of Muskegon, some Fremont youngsters danced the “Macarena” and celebrated a Packer lead during a break in the action at the regional semifinal girls basketball game on Monday, March 10.
Photo by RCWheater Sr.
Packers celebrate district championship!!
Coach Pete Zerfas handed-off a second straight district championship trophy to his players after they defeated the team from Big Rapids on Friday night at Fremont.
Newaygo County people came together in a display of support and generosity for the 2025 Night to Shine event, hosted by Inspire Church in partnership with the Tim Tebow Foundation.
Bright balloons dropped from above the gym floor at Fremont Christian School as participants, organizers and volunteers celebrated the first local Night to Shine event held on Feb. 7.
Dam to Dam ice anglers raise support for mentoring
Hard water anglers covered much of the ice on Croton Pond for the annual Dam to Dam Ice Fishing Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 15.
Noah DuShane of Newaygo claimed top honors with the biggest fish of the day
Fremont Area Community Foundation, through the Ice Mountain Environmental Stewardship Fund (IMESF), recently announced grant awards of $60,000 to six organizations in support of their conservation projects that will benefit the Muskegon River watershed.
Local singer turns heads
and chairs with “Sunshine”
Iris Herrera of Newaygo stunned the music star coaches and thrilled her local family and friends with a triumphant return to “The Voice”
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