Spring Lake News

A 22-year-old Virginia man who police say drove to Spring Lake to have sex with a 14-year-old girl he met on the Internet has pleaded guilty to sex assault charge.

The North Ottawa County Council on Aging will be at Spring Lake District Library 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov.

Spring Lake village officials are hoping to make the downtown district more attractive to business owners and developers.

The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department is asking the public's help to find a 47-year-old Spring Lake Township woman missing since 8 a.m. Thursday.

SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. In a time when most people are seeing their pay reduced, two Spring Lake Township officials are getting large pay raises.

The holiday season is fast approaching, and so is the deadline for submitting entry forms for this year's annual Jingle Bell Parade.

Have you ever wondered how much the brooch your Aunt Edith left you is worth? Come to the Antique Appraisals at the Spring Lake District Library Nov.

Eighth-grade girls from several Ottawa and Allegan county school districts, including Holland, West Ottawa, Fennville, Spring Lake, Grand Haven, Zeeland and several area private and charter schools, will spend Nov.

Employees at Keenan Marina rescued a woman from Spring Lake just before 9 a.m. Wednesday, said Spring Lake/Ferrysburg Police Chief Roger DeYoung.

Spring Lake Township and Spring Lake Village residents are invited to an "Understanding Property Taxes" seminar to help them understand why their taxable values and property taxes will be slightly lower in 2010.

A 41-year-old Grand Haven man has been charged with the assault of a woman at East Grand River Park a month ago.

The remaining seasonal flu clinics this year run by the North Ottawa Community Health System have been canceled.

Keeping children warm at night is the goal of a local program which is being used to collect and distribute pajamas, slippers and blankets to needy children in the Muskegon and Tri-Cities areas.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm ordered another round of funding cuts on Thursday for public schools already hard hit by Michigan's state budget problems - reductions that Republicans say aren't necessary.

A Spring Lake woman is in jail today after being accused of stealing money from vending machines across the area.

"When the People Center is hurting, so is the Salvation Army and Love INC," said People Center Director Karen Reenders.

Not everyone is happy about a man's holiday light show and fundraiser returning to his Spring Lake Township home this year.

Grand Haven voters will get a chance Thursday night to hear the views of all four candidates running for two seats on City Council.

Four Ottawa County businesses face fines for allegedly selling alcohol to minors in an undercover compliance check.

Spring Lake Public Schools Superintendent Dennis Furton was busy this morning at Spring Lake Middle School telling parents who missed announcements on local radio and television stations that school was closed for the day.