Tens of thousands of people are in Grand Haven this weekend as the 101st Coast Guard Festival enters its final stretch.

Grand Haven, better known this time of year as "Coast Guard City, USA," will be filled with Coast Guard ships, parades, ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival gets underway Friday. The festival dates back to 1924, which ...

Each summer the little beach town of Grand Haven balloons in size as thousands come for the weeklong celebration of Coast ...

The Coast Guard Festival is expected to bring out 400,000 people to Grand Haven as businesses prepare for a busy week.

Despite the potential for thunderstorms in Grand Haven this weekend, all Coast Guard Festival events are a go, “rain or shine ...

The 2025 Coast Guard City USA Run, presented by Trinity Health Grand Haven, will return Saturday, July 26, offering runners and walkers a chance to take part ...

Grand Haven was recognized as the first Coast Guard City, USA, by an act of U.S. Congress in 1998. Since then, just two other Great Lakes cities have received the honor: Traverse City and Sturgeon ...

In those four years, Coast Guard Station Grand Haven has executed 2,218 law enforcement boardings and 250 search-and-rescue cases, saving 454 lives and $3.9 million in property.

The Coast Guard Community Picnic will be held from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. - an earlier time than previous years - on July 27 and will again be held at Mulligan’s Hollow in Grand Haven.

The third Coast Guard cutter to bear the name Escanaba (WME-907) was commissioned in Grand Haven on Aug. 29, 1987, and sponsored by the late Grand Haven Mayor Marge Boon.

Grand Haven's 101st annual Coast Guard Festival kicks off this weekend. Here's the basics of what you need to know.