GREENVILLE, Mich.--  Students from Walnut Hills Elementary school took left their desks for a few hours Monday to join the fight against cancer.

 Relay Recess is a youth-focused version of the traditional Relay for Life.  Monday’s event featured volleyball, a dance part and relay races. Many of the activities held during Relay Recess teach children how to make healthy choices to reduce their risk of cancer.

 Cancer survivors kicked off Monday’s event with a survivor walk.  The children also walked laps in honor of those who have been touched by cancer.

This is the second year for Relay Recess; last year students raised more than $1,500 to support Relay for Life of Montcalm County.  This year’s Relay For Life will take place June 14 through June 15.  To find out how you can help, call 1-800-227-2345 or visit the Relay For Life website here. 

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.— Grand Rapids is getting another tribute to the men behind Meijer Stores.

On May 8, the Michigan Historical Commission approved a marker to honor Hendrik and Fred Meijer, who in 1962 became the first grocers to combine two popular retail models—discount department stores and supermarkets—into a single store on 28th Street, called “Thrifty Acres.”  The Meijers then took their model to Holland and Muskegon. 

Meijer now has nearly 200 stores across the Midwest, including Kalamazoo, Walker, Wyoming, Jenison, Rockford, Plainfield Township, Forest Hills, Lowell, Grandville, Kentwood, Grand Haven and Greenville, where Hendrik Meijer opened his very first store in the 1930s.

The new historical marker will be added to more than 1,700 green and gold signs found across the state, that chronicle the people, places and events that make Michigan’s heritage unique and unforgettable.  The historical markers are nominated by spons