Ottawa County News

SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department is asking for help in finding a missing woman.

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.

The former operations director of Holland's Tulip Time festival has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

From officer of the year in 2005 to criminal suspect, Dana Bryce DeVries, of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety, has pleaded not guilty to a domestic violence charge for allegedly assaulting her husband, a fellow police officer.

A 13 year veteran of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety was arrested Tuesday on domestic assault charges.

Wright Township voters easily approved millage renewal for the North Ottawa County Council on Aging.

Newcomer Ray VerWys is challenging City Commission member Frank Raha III on Tuesday for the 2nd Ward seat.

Friday's storms caused major flooding across West Michigan. Areas along 104th Ave.

Allegan County deputies discovered a deadly crash near the Ottawa County line Sunday.

Relief efforts continue in Ottawa County following flooding back in June of this year.

A Monday morning break-in on Ottawa Beach Road took place with surveillance cameras rolling.

Police say technicians used DNA from a Wisconsin man's twin brother to identify him after his remains washed up on a Lake Michigan beach.

The Ottawa County Health Department today confirmed the death of a person found to have the H1N1 flu virus.

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

Surveillance footage of a person breaking into a convenience store was released by Ottawa County detectives yesterday.

Temp: 51.0 F Wind Chill: 48 F Font Size: A southwest Michigan woman who weighed 310 pounds before trimming down to 149 will tell her weight-loss story to Rachael Ray.

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. One of the big budget cuts in Lansing is coming in the revenue sharing department.

H1N1 illness is suspected in causing the variety of school building and district closures in the region this past week, it's been confirmed as a contributing cause to the death of a Kent County woman.

Clinics are running out of flu vaccinations as fast as they get them in. Health Department officials distributed 350 doses in two hours in Ottawa County, then told others in line to come back in November.

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.