Allendale News

An estimated 150 motorcycle riders will converge Saturday morning for a fundraising poker run beginning in East Grand Rapids.

For some adults, talking before a packed courtroom is nearly impossible. But a teary-eyed 12-year-old James Brown wanted the judge and others to know what a great big sister he had.

A total of 321 runners took part in Saturday's Spring Lake Heritage Festival 5K Run/Walk, an increase of 80 runners over last year's event.

Ted Torreson was born to Rodney and Paulette Torreson on May 19, 1980, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The township Planning Commission gave its initial OK Wednesday to plans for a student housing project that could house 504 students on 13.2 acres near the northwest corner of Lake Michigan Drive and 48th Avenue.

Healthier eating pushed through farmers market ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP -- A first-year, $1,000 grant will guarantee healthy eating to 17 families living in Grand Valley State University's family housing facilities.

For Fruitport Community Schools Superintendent Nick Ceglarek, there is much to be said about Hudsonville Public Schools, where he just has been named the district's newest superintendent.

Three people are being treated for injuries after two cars collided on Remembrance Rd.

Grand Valley State University students are always looking for places to store their belongings during the summer season.

There are many different colleges in the Grand Rapids area. These colleges range from community college to the third largest college in Michigan.

Game-room request snags with concerns ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP -- Planning officials have concerns about a new 4,800-square-foot game room adjacent to China 1, 6301 Lake Michigan Drive.

Since February, people have been stopping along the 1100 block of Luce Street in Tallmadge Township to watch three bald eagles grow up in a nest in the top of a white pine tree about 75 yards south of the roadway.

A man was killed early Thursday morning after rolling a homemade go kart into a ditch and becoming trapped underneath it.

Firefighters from four departments are battling a blaze at a four-unit building on Fillmore Street near 52nd Avenue.

Emergency crews have shutdown an eastbound portion of M-45 in Allendale because of a gas leak.

Dan Remenap may be leaving the Spring Lake school district, but he's not venturing too far.

A section of Lake Michigan Drive in Allendale has reopened after a gas main leak there has been capped.

Ten Ottawa County businesses were cited for underage alcohol sales during a round of alcohol compliance stings by local law enforcement agencies last month.

A West Michigan native, who once served as chairman of the FDIC, has passed away.

When police searched Derek Copp's apartment following a March 11 drug raid, they found glass jars and plastic baggies containing marijuana, as well as a digital measuring scale, court documents show.