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            Izzy Joy performs at ReNew You Fitness in Montague during Saturday's Walk the Beat White Lake Festival. ReNew You was one of several indoor sites used as performance venues due to rain.
            
            Izzy Joy performs at ReNew You Fitness in Montague during Saturday's Walk the Beat White Lake Festival. ReNew You was one of several indoor sites used as performance venues due to rain.
            
            A crowd gathers to watch a performance during the Walk the Beat White Lake festival Saturday.
            
            Asamu Johnson and the Associates of the Blues perform during Saturday's Walk the Beat White Lake. The band won the fan vote for favorite act at this year's event.
            
            Troy Kaley performs at North Grove Brewers during Saturday's Walk the Beat White Lake.
            
            The S.S. Anna C. Minch went down during the Armistice Day storms of Nov. 11, 1940. Courtesy Photo
            
            The Armistice Day storm of Nov. 11, 1940 proved too much for the Novadoc, which sank in Lake Michigan. Courtesy Photo
            
            The S.S. William B. Davock was one ship that the famed Armistice Day storm of Nov. 11, 1940 doomed to sinking. Courtesy Photo
            
            Whitehall baseball coach Warren Zweigle earned the chance to manage from the Comerica Park dugout at the 2019 East-West All-Star Game during his career. Zweigle retired as coach following the 2025 season. Photo courtesy of Whitehall District Schools
            
            The wood for this entry sign to the White Lake Community Garden was donated by local business owner Elie Ghazal, one of several local people to contribute to the garden.
            
                        
        
            
                        
        
            
                        
        
            
            A few of the many crops being grown at the White Lake Community Garden are displayed. The garden began operations this month and is already seeing results.
            
            A good view of the lake was one of several items the Svensson family hoped to preserve when it donated the land for Svensson Park to the city. There have been stops and starts over the years, but the lake view is currently preserved.
            
            Jan Grady, granddaughter of Nora and Charles Svensson, gave a presentation to the White Lake Area Historical Society last Thursday about Svensson Park. Her grandparents donated the land for the park to the city in 1951.
            
            2024 Cruz In attendees take a look at the classic cars on display in downtown Montague. There was not a Cruz In parade last year, but a new committee took over management of the event this year and the parade is set to return July 25.
            
            A classic car shows off its paint job during the 2024 Cruz In car show in downtown Montague. The Cruz In event is bringing back the parade this year under management of a new committee.
            
            Several audience members gather in a circle to tell their own stories during the Muskegon Yarnspinners' visit to the White Lake Community Library last Thursday.
            
            Muskegon Yarnspinner Sally Hyma (right) tells a story as her fellow Yarnspinners look on during last Thursday's event at the White Lake Community Library.