Spring Lake News

Holland resident and former Spring Lake minister Colette Volkema DeNooyer was found to be just 15 percent responsible for the July 2010 death of a 4-year-old Holland boy.

A jackknifed truck towing a 30-foot boat shut down the U.S. 31 southbound entrance ramp from Savidge Street at 6:45 p.m. for about 40 minutes.

Children attending Grand Haven and Spring Lake schools are fortunate to have such quality school systems to help prepare them for life's later years.

Firefighters work to put out a fire that destroyed a house on North Shore Drive in Grand Haven.

The village has filed a lawsuit against the county election commissioners in an effort to disarm an effort aimed at disincorporating the village.

Brayden Law, a 14-year-old from Fort Wayne, Ind., ran away from the rest of the pack to win Saturday's Kickoff to Summer 5K run/walk in downtown Grand Haven.

Spring Lake residents and visitors paid tribute to veterans during the annual Memorial Day parade.

When clients of local charter fishing boats are finished with their trip, they typically watch the captains clean their catch, then take the fillets home.

The Grand Haven man has 5/500 vision, meaning he is legally blind. With glasses, his vision varies from 20/400 to 20/600. When Hiemstra entered the Lakeland Artist 2012 Spring Show with his watercolor painting, "Jax: My guide dog," he hoped he would earn an honorable mention.

The "Catch and Cook" program allows charter fishermen and women to bring the fish they catch from Michigan's Great Lakes to participating restaurants to be prepared by chefs.

Fruitport softball defeated host Spring Lake in the final Lakes Eight Conference doubleheader for the two schools.

Authorities have confirmed that one person drowned Tuesday afternoon in Spring Lake.

The Michigan Voluntary Protection Program Star Award for outstanding safety and health programs is awarded by MIOSHA, and recognizes worksites that provide exemplary safety and health protection for their workers.

The owner of a rooster that attacked an 83-year-old woman who was visiting a loved one's grave at a southwestern Michigan cemetery has killed the bird.

Motorists aren't the only ones fueling up this time of year. In this June 2011 file photo, Ken Bost of Kentwood stopped to pump gas in his 45 foot boat at Barrett Boat Works in Spring Lake.

A suspect fired at least six shots at a vehicle in the parking lot of a Norton Shores gas station early Monday and fled the scene with the victim's vehicle not far behind, police said.

Approximately 270 students enjoyed the Spring Lake prom from 8:30 p.m.-12:00 a.m. Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Trillium Banquet & Conference Center, 17246 Van Wagoner, in Ferrysburg.

Fricassee. Case closed. The rooster accused last week of spurring an elderly woman as she and her daughter visited a grave site is, himself, no longer among the living.

Roosevelt Fitzgerald Burt Jr., 22, of Roosevelt Park, 84 days jail, one year probation for controlled substance possession less than 25 grams, $1,098 fees/costs, tether for 60 days after jail term is complete.

Cathy Bingham's eyes filled with tears as she looked at her daughter, Barbara, and recounted the ways her family has been blessed.