Matt Gard

2 weeks ago | wzzm13.com | Matt Gard

PORTAGE, Mich. — In a corner table at Art Bayou on Portage Road, owner Palee Haney worked on a pottery project as the afternoon sun shined brightly on her art. "I'm working on a piece. It's a plate that has a book on it with some flowers around it. She also loves flowers," Palee said, referring to her sister Chadapron, who she affectionately refers to simply as "Guy." Palee describes Guy as being physically active, full of life, fashionable and kind.

3 weeks ago | wzzm13.com | Matt Gard

MICHIGAN, USA — Haley McLean’s best friend is a three-legged golden retriever named Chance. She can still remember the day she took him home. “I was just looking for a golden retriever puppy. My mom and I went to an individual that we had other dogs from, and I saw him there. And because I had grown up with a three-legged golden, I immediately fell in love,” she said. “I adopted him, and he has been through everything with me.

3 weeks ago | wzzm13.com | Matt Gard

MUSKEGON, Mich. — As the sun went down over the lakeshore on Friday night, cars lined up outside a facility that's been a staple in the community for many decades. The Getty Drive-in opened to movie lovers for the first time in 2025, showing Snow White, Death of a Unicorn, Mickey 17 and Woman in the Yard. Guests will notice some improvements to the Getty when they come out this year. "It'd be hard to miss the new painted screens. Those should look much brighter this year.

1 month ago | wzzm13.com | Matt Gard

ROCKFORD, Mich. — Annika Meier’s parents describe her as a giver. She’s the type of child who would seek out the new kid at school who didn’t have any friends. She would cut flowers from the family garden to pass them out to teachers at school. Her life was joyous and it was normal. But when she was 12 years old, everything changed. “It started Christmas time-ish of 2020. We noticed Annika wasn't feeling very well,” said her father, Mark. “That kind of went on for a couple months.

1 month ago | wzzm13.com | Matt Gard

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — An Oshtemo Township community is letting a little boy with cancer know he’s not fighting alone. Hudson Lipowski was taken to the emergency room on Feb. 12 after he battled some upper respiratory illnesses that weren’t getting better. He was eventually taken to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital for abdominal pain, where he was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer. Hudson came home a few days ago, just in time for his third birthday.