© 2024 WGVU

95.3 / 88.5 FM Grand Rapids and 95.3 FM Muskegon

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

The Shelley Irwin Show

West Michigan Tourist Association

By Shelley Irwin

Published July 28, 2023 at 12:28 PM EDT

West Michigan Tourist Association

/

West Michigan Tourist Association

We get Friday headlines from the West Michigan Tourist Association's Paige Bodine. We present a local news roundup discussion including a spotlight on John Ball Zoo's endangered butterflies, a first international fireworks championship, the Great Lakes Surf Festival 2023 and more.

Tags

The Shelley Irwin Show Tourism John Ball Zoo Fireworks Michigan water Events

Shelley Irwin

Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

See stories by Shelley Irwin

Related Content

News

John Ball Zoo helping to increase Michigan's endangered butterfly populations

Melorie Begay

Grand Rapids’ John Ball Zoo says the endangered butterflies it’s helped raise have taken flight into the wild. It’s part of the zoo’s effort to increase the insect’s population in Michigan.
The Shelley Irwin Show

Tourist Talk

Shelley Irwin

We discuss where to go, what to do over the next 30 days in Michigan.
The Explosive Growth Of The Fireworks Market

Greg Rosalsky

Over the last few decades, states and counties across America have liberalized the use of fireworks. It's just one reason why sales of fireworks have exploded.