Ada News

Tony Comden, president of the West Michigan Miracle League, is pictured with two boys, Nate Hurwitz, 15, of Ada, and Aaron VanKampen, 10, of Sparta, who look forward to the handicapped accessible ballfield that will be part of the West Michigan Sports Commission complex on Ten Mile Road.

According to the weatherman this weekend will be warm in West Michigan. That means plenty of opportunities for summertime fun.

Five companies announced plans today to hire nearly 700 workers across West Michigan thanks to incentives from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

GRAND RAPIDS - Manufacturers here and across the nation are struggling with a problem they say threatens the country's economic recovery - they can't convince young people to consider factory work.

KENT COUNTY, Mich. - There were two more local bear sightings overnight - one in Lowell, one in Ada.

Six incumbent Kent County commissioners will face primary election challenges in August, including one familiar face trying to get back on the county board.

Jerry Sietsema of Ada stands among his dead apple trees Monday at Sietsema Orchards where the entire apple and peach crop was lost this year due to the unseasonably warm March weather followed by freezing temperatures in April.

A record late April cold snap and a weekend of below freezing temperatures has wiped out apple and peach crops in Ada, Michigan.

Thirty-two Alma College students - 22 freshmen, two sophomores and eight juniors - were recently awarded the President's Cup.