Jenison News

For the second year in a row, and third time since 2004, Godwin Heights marching band has won the state's annual Michigan Competing Band Association championship .

Ten retailers were cited for selling tobacco products to underage teenagers, according to the Ottawa County Health Department.

A Jenison elementary school principal quietly waived her probable cause hearing on charges of drunken driving and fleeing police, meaning Cynthia Sinclair Liu will face felony charges in Ottawa County Circuit Court.

Even with another $292 per-student cut, the school district won't make mid-year cuts, said Superintendent Tom TenBrink.

The combined orchestras of Forest Hills Central, Northern Hills and Eastern middle schools plan to perform in the ninth Forest Hills String Extravaganza at 6:30 p.m. today at the Forest Hills Fine Arts Center, 600 Forest Hill Ave.

Record rainfall soaked West Michigan to the bone Friday and Friday night. The National Weather Service tells NewsRadio WOOD 1300 that more than two inches of rain fell in places like Holland, and Ada.

Patrick Johnson, center, founded and runs the West Michigan Flight Academy, where he teaches kids math and science through aviation.

The district is kicking off its 12th annual "Your Change Can Change Hunger" coin drive to benefit Degage Ministries' food pantry.

Two members of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department were presented with awards from the Crime Prevention Association of Michigan during a special ceremony on Oct.

Greenville: Bernie Brunges Jr. Holland: John Jasker Lowell: Stephanie Hieshetter Sparta: Theodore Thompson Wyoming: Bruce Osbeck TWO GALLONS Ada: Robert Carpenter Belmont: Aaron Koerth Caledonia: Jeffrey DeVries Jenison: Fred Stalsonburg >ONE GALLON Ada: Deborah Hanks Alto: Travis Sutler Belmont: Theresa TenEyck Holland: Ruth Price Jenison: James ...

The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department is preparing to add a database of the young and old set who have memory impairments, dementia, Alzheimers or some other obstacle to expressing themselves or getting back home to loved ones.

A Jenison High School chemistry teacher was recognized by the Board of Education for her work.

Cynthia Sinclair Liu, a Jenison Public Schools elementary principal who faces a drunken driving allegation from a Sept.

More than 200 pounds of dog and cat food stacked up Saturday, at the first Pet Party hosted by Kibble Konnection.

The people opposed to the big commercial development in Jenison started gathering signatures on thier petitions this past weekend.

The Jenison school board has a new member, on Monday appointing Geoffrey Brown to replace Mary Grant.

Some wide-eyed youngster poses the question in every school group that walks down the banks of the Grand River at the Blue Bridge to get a good look at Nessie, said Richard App, one of the artists who built the lake monster for ArtPrize.

Seniors Chaz Bratton and Hannah Owens were named king and queen for Grand Haven High School's Homecoming 2009 during halftime of the Buccaneers football game on Friday night.

Pinewood Elementary School Principal Cynthia Sinclair Liu, arrested Sunday for alleged driving drunk on I-196 and fleeing police, has a previous impaired driving charge from 2003, court records show.

Some suburban West Michigan school districts that showed growth over the past five years, overall, are beginning to lose students, thought not at the pace of urban districts.