Ada News

That turkey for Thanksgiving is likely a well-traveled bird. Decades ago, turkeys mostly were bred, hatched and raised on a local farm and shipped to a nearby butcher or supermarket for Thanksgiving dinner.

Somewhere between Barton Watson's high-flying lifestyle and the phony blinking-box computer servers purported to be the backbone of his business, the true legacy of CyberNet emerged in people like Jerry Goedert.

Michigan State guard Taylor Alton, left, who played in nine games as a freshman and averaged 1.4 points, has yet to play this season.

Ray Anthony Freeman, one of two former Ottawa Hills High School students suspected of breaking into multiple homes last month, has waived his probable cause hearing in hopes of reaching a deal with prosecutors in Kent County Circuit Court.

The Kent County Road Commission has scheduled a meeting on tentative plans for a pathway along Hall Street between Forest Hills Central High School and Cascade Road SE.

Peter Facinelli and Kristen Stewart in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Time to share some more Twihard commentary.

It's the call every photographer dreads making. When Tovis Bratsburg accidentally deleted almost 900 photos he shot at a wedding in Ada Township this August, he had to tell the bride those memories might be lost forever.

Water and sewer bills probably will increase by 12.4 percent to 16.2 percent next year, according to a proposed rate chart that will be presented to the City Commission on Tuesday.

From left, Christine Wright, Betty Beck and Carmen Bazan will attend the Grapevine Harvest Craft Show.

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.

Roger MacNaughton, left and Steve Van Ravenswaay. Roger MacNaughton knows a good song when he hears one -- and, apparently, so do contest judges after MacNaughton writes such a tune.

Javier Diaz, an employee with Mulder Drywall, works on drywalling inside one of Ledger Builders' single-family condominiums on the Gables on the Green development on the Thousand Oaks Golf Course in Plainfield Township.

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Kent County deputies have arrested three teens for a home break-in spree and are still looking for another.

An alert homeowner suspicious about a van parked at his neighbor's house helped police nab three teen burglars Thursday after a short foot chase.

Andrew Tittle, the driver in a fatal crash early Saturday that killed his longtime friend, had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit, police said in court records obtained today.

Residents can bring leaves to a dropoff site from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays from Oct.

Belding Hardware Co. has opened its doors at 307 N. Bridge St. After Rayburn's True Value Hardware closed this spring, partners Kevin Hall and Kevin Strause opened the business in a building that formerly housed a print shop.

ADA, Mich. One of the area's leading employers is looking into consolidating some jobs.

The Kent County Sheriff's Department is investigating a one-car fatal accident in Ada Township early Saturday.