Macatawa News

HOLLAND, Mich. - Passenger rail service from Grand Rapids to Chicago could be in trouble without additional money from the state.

Rachael Kauffman got the chance to explore a career in firefighting with Holland firefighter Heidi Canfield.

A Grand Rapids firm shared preliminary plans Tuesday night to develop the former Point West Resort site into a 70-unit condominium and single-family home development to include a community center, boat slips and a convenience store.

Developers are preparing to lay out plans that could double the size of an Ottawa County resort community.

A proposed $6.2 million, six-mile drain system to help alleviate flooding problems in the western portions of Park Township is moving forward.

Doug Wehrmeyer and his Ventura Village neighbors have been fighting groundwater flooding of basements in their subdivision for 18 months.

The Macatawa Area Express is kicking off its Stuff the Bus Food Drive Monday in Ottawa County.

The Howard Miller Public Library's board wants the city to look into allowing Sunday hours.

A bridge that carried traffic on 48th Street over a creek that washed out in the June 19 storm will be replaced next year.

More than $20 million in transportation improvement projects will take place in the Holland-Zeeland area next year, highlighted by two projects along M-121 between Zeeland and Hudsonville.

A SUV splashes through a deep puddle on East Paris Avenue SE in Grand Rapids on Friday morning.

The Macatawa Area Coordinating Council might be interested in expanding east and south.

A traffic signal optimization study has received a $500,000 federal stimulus grant.

Police in Ottawa County are investigating $2,500 worth of damage that was done to the "Big Red" lighthouse in Holland.

Graduates of the West Ottawa High School Class of 2012 might be the school's first with an International Baccalaureate endorsement on their diplomas.

The Macatawa Area Coordinating Council's first and only executive director, Sue Higgins, will retire by the end of the year.

Local sailors finish 5th at Holland championships Sat, Sep 26, 2009 to del.icio.us The Macatawa Bay Yacht Club in Holland hosted the S2 7.9 Meter 2009 Class Championship sailing competition last weekend.

Holland, Mich. -- Hope College says it will use a $417,000 National Science Foundation grant to buy a nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, a tool for analyzing the chemical content of small samples of matter.

MAX is taking over the wheel of the Holland-Zeeland area bus system. Starting July 1, The Macatawa Area Express Transportation Authority will handle daily operation of the 27-vehicle system that provides bus service to Holland Township and the cities of Holland and Zeeland.

The health clinic at the City on a Hill ministry campus is getting a $30,000 boost toward addressing the needs of the uninsured.