One thing was certain, Deborah Van Heest's passion to see the world could not be contained in small-town America. Growing up in Chapin, Ill., with a population of a little more than 400 citizens, the ...

HOLLAND, Mich.-- A team of researchers in Holland is pursuing a theory of where debris from a decades-old plane crash may be located, which would give answers to families of the 58 victims. On June 23 ...

Holland author and shipwreck diver Valerie van Heest and her fellow explorers from the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA) will be featured next week on the Discovery Channel’s television ...

Tuscaloosa's new public defender Joseph Van Heest has had a busy few weeks on the job. He took over the office that handles about 3,700 cases in Tuscaloosa's district and circuit court each year, in ...

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Imagine standing on the deck of a boat in the middle of a choppy Lake Michigan, with wind-blown rain buffeting your face like rice at a wedding. Not exactly the ideal way to spend your 48th birthday.

MUSKEGON, Mich. — The bottom of Lake Michigan is literally a graveyard of shipwrecks. Local maritime historians say 1,200 of the 2,000 sunken vessels in Lake Michigan no longer exist because they hit ...

John J. Van Heest, age 88, WWII US Navy Veteran, beloved husband of the late Catherine “Kay,” nee Buwalda, (2009); loving father of James (Margaret), Thomas (Sandra), David (April), Jayne (James) Boie ...