Today's a cool one, partly sunny with a high near 65 and a low around 47 tonight, with next to no chance of rain. Wednesday climbs toward 70 with a chance of a stray shower, Thursday sits right around 70, and Friday and Saturday both land in the low 70s under sun.

Out on the lake, an east-northeast wind is running 15 to 20 knots today with waves around 1 to 2 feet offshore. The wind eases through Thursday and waves drop to a foot or less. Water's holding in the low-to-mid 60s.

The verdict: Get outside all week, and dress for a cool morning.

7 Day Glance: The dry, low-70s stretch runs through the weekend, with Monday reaching the low-to-mid 70s and only a slim shot at rain. That's about as good as it gets for Friday's banner night and Saturday's street party.

Muskegon's Farmers Market keeps its Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday hours, 8 AM to 2 PM, and Grand Haven's market at Mulligan's Hollow runs Wednesdays and Saturdays, 8 AM to 1 PM.

Saturday's Muskegon market doubles as the Fall Harvest Festival and kicks off the 4th annual Harvest Hay Bale Trail. Local businesses and organizations decorated bales around Hackley Park, the 200 block of West Webster and the 300 block of Third Street, and voting runs September 26 through October 31 at mkgcity.com/haybales. The trail moved off Western Avenue this year because of resurfacing.

If you'd rather spend Saturday morning in the woods, Hoffmaster State Park hosts Family Fungi and Foraging at the Gillette Visitor Center, 10 AM to noon. A certified foraging expert covers the safe basics and leads a walk to see what's in season. It's $30, ages 10 and up, registration runs through Michigan.gov/DNRLicenses, and you'll need a Recreation Passport for park entry.

Friday, comedians Bob Phillips and Sal Demilio bring Laughter on the Lakeshore to the Frauenthal.

The Musical Fountain closes its 2026 season this weekend. Friday's show is Through The Decades and Saturday is the Goodbye Grand Haven finale, both 8:20 to 9:20 PM at Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium, free as always.

Saturday's Flannel Fest on Western Avenue adds live music to the afternoon before the Lumberjacks game. Details up top.

Muskegon Brewing Company at Adelaide Pointe keeps its Wednesday live music going, with Brian Fedewa on the schedule and 360-degree Muskegon Lake views from the patio.

In Grand Haven, the Kirby House keeps its acoustic solo acts going Friday and Saturday, 7 to 10:30 PM, which lines up well with a pre-fountain dinner. The Deck wrapped its season Sunday, so Beach Street goes quiet until next summer.

Wind and waves stay manageable this week, around 1 to 2 feet offshore today and dropping below a foot by Thursday as the east wind eases. Water's holding in the low-to-mid 60s, still fine on a sunny afternoon and a reminder that the season is winding down. It's a good week for a boat ride, a pier walk or a few hours of fishing while the lake behaves.

For the anglers: The state's most recent weekly report has Muskegon boat anglers catching salmon from the breakwalls out to 80 feet of water, with glow spoons and glow plugs doing the most work. In Grand Haven, a mix of coho and Chinook came from the pierheads out to 90 feet, and pier anglers picked up both on glow spoons while largemouth bass took drop-shot rigs.

Tucked inside the Muskegon County Airport terminal, Lee-Lee's Crosswinds Cafe West is open to everyone, not just travelers. It serves breakfast and lunch seven days a week, 6 AM to 2 PM, sources more than 90 percent of its ingredients from Michigan and pours locally roasted Aldea Coffee with a view of the runway. Dinner service is planned for later this fall.

If Saturday takes you to Flannel Fest, the street party on Western Ave has food and drinks to go with the live music before puck drop at 6.

Over in Grand Haven, the Kirby House at 2 Washington Ave is a natural pregame for the fountain finale, and it's open until 1 AM Friday and Saturday if you want to make a night of it.

Muskegon is back in the win column with a bang. The Big Reds beat Reeths-Puffer 45-14 on a rainy Homecoming night at Hackley Stadium, and Ja'mier Jefferson did a little of everything: two touchdown catches, two fumble recoveries, an interception and nine tackles. Muskegon (2-2 after an 0-2 start) visits Byron Center in a key O-K Green game Friday, while Reeths-Puffer (2-2) hosts Mona Shores.

Mona Shores made short work of Grand Rapids Union, 57-0, with a 90-yard kickoff return touchdown from Michael Himes and a pick-six from Messiah Himes. The Sailors are 3-1. Grand Haven ran into East Kentwood and fell 63-23 to sit at 2-2 overall and 0-2 in the OK-Red, and Spring Lake dropped a 28-7 game at Hamilton to fall to 2-2.

Two winless teams broke through. Muskegon Catholic Central beat Hesperia 27-7 after being shut out in its first three games, and Oakridge earned its first win with a 41-0 shutout of Hart. North Muskegon beat Mason County Central 42-19, Fruitport beat Allendale 21-3 to even up at 2-2 and Ravenna edged Kent City 21-20. Montague nipped Orchard View 19-16, Holton beat Brethren 83-3 in 8-man play and Muskegon Heights took a forfeit win over Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian. Whitehall (0-4) came within a point of its first win, losing 15-14 to Swan Valley on a late safety.

Full schedule, Friday, Sept 25, 7 PM:

Hodgepodge Bake Shop on McCracken Street in Muskegon turns out donuts, cakes and fresh bread, plus breakfast and lunch sandwiches. The menu includes a Gobbler sandwich with turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce that fits the fall weather, and there are specialty lattes to go with it. It's closed Sunday and Monday, so plan around it.

📍 3361 McCracken St, Muskegon
🕐 Tue-Fri 7 AM-4 PM, Sat 8 AM-2 PM, closed Sun-Mon

The SS Milwaukee Clipper, docked on Muskegon Lake, started life in 1904 as the Juniata, a passenger steamer running between Buffalo and Duluth. After a 1940 rebuild she spent nearly three decades carrying 900 passengers and 120 cars between Muskegon and Milwaukee, until the run ended in 1970. Then came years of drifting, first as a restaurant and nightclub at Chicago's Navy Pier and later as the centerpiece of a marina in Hammond, Indiana, where she was offered for sale to make room for a casino boat. A volunteer group bought her in the late 1990s and brought her back to Muskegon, where she's still being restored, the last American passenger steamship of her kind on the Great Lakes.

A banner raising Friday and a last fountain show Saturday, with a street party in between. Pick your night and get out there. See you Friday.