This unique fundraiser took place at LaSalle Bristol Pond. (WSBT photo) Organizers of the 15th Great Cardboard Boat Race are encouraging people to “row toward real change” and help a great cause.

Cardboard boats race around the bay Annual race took place Saturday on Cross Lake. Teams compete during the annual cardboard boat races on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Moonlite Bay in Crosslake.

Come watch homemade cardboard boats float down Tinker's Creek at 2 p.m. Saturday. Better yet, build your own boat and join in the fun. It's free.

Grand Haven's Coast Guard Festival kicked off with 20 teams braving choppy waters in handmade vessels, some sinking before completing the course.

Families in Normandy, France, are getting ready to celebrate the life of "Papa Jake" Larson — a Minnesota native and war hero.

"Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at 102 years young," McKaela Larson, Papa Jake's granddaughter, wrote in a post on his TikTok.

Attendees share a laugh with 102-year-old WWII and D-Day Landing US veteran Jake Larson, also known as "Papa Jake". - Lou Benoist / AFP via Getty Images.

D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok has died.

“Papa Jake” Larson, a World War II D-Day veteran who catapulted to TikTok stardom with stories of the war and his fellow soldiers, has died.He was 102.

A beloved TikTok grandfather has died. Jake Larson, known as Papa Jake, passed away on July 17.

Jake Larson, the 102-year-old veteran who garnered over a million followers online as "Papa Jake," died over the weekend, his family confirmed.