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Pure M Café's fall menu is officially here, apple cider and pumpkin spice are on the menu now. It's the perfect excuse to swing by the café on Maranatha's campus off Lake Harbor Road for a cozy seasonal sip. Grab a cup, browse the bookstore, and settle in for a bit. See the menu

PARTY OF ONE

Shorts on Saturday, a sweatshirt by sunset.

🎈 = family-friendly

All weekend
🎈💀 Bones About Town – 150+ decorated skeletons are posted around downtown and Centertown Grand Haven. Voting closes at noon Oct 23.

Friday
🧟 Here Come The Mummies – The Frauenthal, 7:30 PM.
🎭 Company – Opening night at the Beardsley, 7:30 PM. Details up top.
🎷 Greg Miller Jazz Trio – Rake Beer Project, 7 to 10 PM, free.

Saturday
🎈🥕 Farmers markets – Muskegon 8 AM to 2 PM, Grand Haven 8 AM to 1 PM.
🐕 Ruff Ruck Challenge – Wonderland Distilling, Muskegon. Ruck 12 miles with a 35-pound pack, or walk any distance at your own pace, to fund service dogs for veterans and first responders. Every $10,000 raised places one dog. $25 online, $35 day-of.
👻 City of the Dead – Evergreen Cemetery, 5 to 8 PM. The later groups finish in the dark.
🎤 Mike Bova Comedy Fundraiser – American Legion Post 28, Grand Haven, 7 PM.
🎭 Company – The Beardsley, 7:30 PM.

Sunday
🎈👻 City of the Dead – The daylight version, 2 to 4 PM.
🎭 Company – Matinee at 3 PM.
🎢 Michigan's Adventure pass deal – Last day. See Shore Things.

Coming up
😂 Comedy Night – Rake Beer Project, Wed, Oct 14, 8 PM, $5.
🌑 Dark Side of the Moon – The Frauenthal, Fri, Oct 16, 7:30 PM.
🏒 Throwback Night – Lumberjacks vs. Youngstown, Sat, Oct 17, Trinity Health Arena. Tickets

🎢 Pass Go, Collect Fast Lane – Michigan's Adventure 2027 season passes start at $11 a month, and the bonus runs out Sunday. Buy by Oct 11 and you get unlimited all-day Fast Lane every day the park is open in June 2027, plus a free All Season Drink Plan. The Hero Pass ($105.99 plus tax) covers Michigan's Adventure, the Legend Pass ($165.99) gets you into all eight Enchanted Parks, and 2026 passholders save $10 per pass when they renew.

🚧 Western Front – Western Avenue is closed to cars from 4th Street to Terrace Street through Oct 31 while the city resurfaces it. Sidewalks stay open, and the Muskegon Farmers Market, Western Market and the splash pad are all open for business. Free parking is on the side streets and nearby lots, so check the city's parking map before you head downtown this weekend.

🚲 Spoke Up – MDOT is drawing up the next 10 years of walking, biking and rolling routes across West Michigan, and it wants to hear from Muskegon. Take the five-minute survey by Oct 31, or show up in person Thursday, Oct 29, from 10 to 11:30 AM at the McMurray Conference and Transportation Center in Muskegon Heights.

🥕 Market's Still Open – The Muskegon Farmers Market keeps Saturday hours, 8 AM to 2 PM, through Nov 28. The Tuesday and Thursday markets run into late November too.

The headline game is at Hackley Stadium, where Mona Shores (5-1, 3-0) visits Muskegon. Ravenna (5-1, 3-0) puts its unbeaten WMC record on the line at home against Hesperia, and Grand Haven (3-3) hosts West Ottawa with the playoff math getting real.

Friday, Oct 9 (Kickoff at 7 PM):

Around the county

⛳ Fore the Finals – Three county girls golf teams play for state titles Oct 16-17. Reeths-Puffer heads to MSU's Forest Akers West in Division 2, and reigning D2 champ Sophia McCollum is chasing a repeat. North Muskegon won its D4 regional by three strokes and plays at The Meadows at GVSU. Grand Haven took third at D1 regionals and heads to Bedford Valley in Battle Creek, along with Mona Shores senior Avery Nehra as an individual qualifier.

🏐 Ace in the Hole – North Muskegon's Maci Lathrop served 14 aces in Tuesday's sweep of Holton, and the Norse are 6-0 in conference play. Over in Fruitport, the Trojans finally got even with Fremont, the team that ended their season in five sets at last year's regional final. Fruitport beat the ranked Packers Saturday at the Best of the West at Mona Shores, with Izzy Hanson-Wilbur piling up 35 kills and 47 digs on the day.

🏃 Won by a Nose – Fruitport's girls cross country team won Saturday's O-K Silver jamboree in the rain at Hopkins by one point, 48 to NorthPointe Christian's 49. Zoe German led the way in second at 19:34. The Trojans finished third at the first jamboree.

Friday 70 🌡️ 57 | 🌤️ | 5% | 💨 S 5-10 kt
Saturday 78 🌡️ 57 | ☀️ | 10% | 💨 S 10-15 kt
Sunday 72 🌡️ 60 | 🌤️ | 10% | 💨 SW 10-15 kt

🌊 Waves 1 to 3 ft | 💧 Water upper 50s

The verdict: Upper 70s Saturday and dry all weekend, so City of the Dead gets ideal weather both days. Rain doesn't show up until Wednesday.

Rake has free jazz tonight and a $5 triple bill Saturday. Kirby House takes the late shift in Grand Haven.

Friday, Oct 9
Frauenthal | Here Come The Mummies | 7:30 PM
Rake Beer Project | The Greg Miller Jazz Trio ft. JD Jones & Jeff Baldus | 7-10 PM, free
Kirby House | Nate Holley | 9 PM-12:30 AM

Saturday, Oct 10
Rake Beer Project | A Northern Song, Christopher Cordle, Darin Zee | 7:30 PM, $5
Kirby House | Pop2K | 9 PM-12:30 AM

SAWDUST TO STAINED GLASS

In 1856, a 19-year-old worked his way across Lake Michigan on a schooner called the Challenge. Within a day of landing, Charles Hackley was shoveling sawdust into a boiler at a Muskegon lumber yard. By the library's count, he built an $18 million fortune and gave a third of it back to the town that put him to work. His first gift, on May 25, 1888, built Hackley Public Library. When he died in 1905, he lay in state in what's now the library's Children's Room, and more than 7,000 people filed past to say goodbye.

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Thanks for reading. Reeths-Puffer got its regional trophy and, eventually, its TikTok. Send the Rockets some love before they tee off at MSU next week. See you Tuesday.