Ottawa County News

Nearly 300 people braved chilly temperatures on Saturday morning to walk a couple of miles on Zeeland streets in the 25th annual Walk for Warmth fundraiser.

A decision is expected later this month on whether the city of Holland will be able to proceed with demolishing a foreclosed house that is owned by Bank of America.

The decision to move more than 150 inmates from the Kent County jail was made Friday afternoon because of crowding issues following a crane collapse that damaged a large portion of the facility, Sheriff Larry Stelma said today.

The Ready Now program which wrapped up Friday brought together 100 job applicants and 10 employers for hours rather than minutes at a church in Holland.

Two men who robbed a Ravenna bank and caused the death of a Walker Police officer had used more than $100,000 in money pocketed from earlier bank heists to purchase jet skis and a Haulmark travel trailer, an FBI agent today told a federal judge.

A winter weather advisory is in effect from 1 this afternoon until 10 tonight for much of West Michigan, including Ottawa County.

Mary Baars, 26, of Grand Haven Township, was driving north in her 2002 Mercury Sable when she hit the back of a 2011 Freightliner truck stopped at the intersection of U.S. 31 and Ferris Street about 2:40 p.m., according to Sgt.

Police are looking for two armed suspects who they said wore masks in an armed robbery Wednesday morning in Coopersville.

County leaders said there is scant interest in applying a soon-to-be new state law giving county commissions the authority to abolish county road commissions.

Firefighters said a gas fireplace was the likely cause of a Wednesday morning fire that severely damaged a Park Township house at 1424 Sandy Run.

With an improving economic climate, West Michigan Community Bank is adding a new branch in Grand Rapids and another in Zeeland.

HOLLAND, Mich. - No Michigan county is more Republican -- or turns out voters in greater percentages -- than Ottawa County.

Ottawa County Treasurer Brad Slagh has announced he will seek re-election. Slagh was appointed county treasurer in 2007 after the retirement of Mary Richardson, then won election to the position a year later.

"People may believe that a mild winter means that not as many people need assistance but there is no shortage of families that need ," said Mike Stock of the Ottawa County Action Agency.

County commissioners might look into abolishing the county's five-member road commission in the next several years, but said no immediate plans exist after the state House passed legislation this week permitting such a move.

As police released descriptions today of two armed robbers who allegedly forced a Family Fare employee to open the store safe, they said the employee was a 20-year-old who lived nearby.

Ann Romney, the wife of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, will be the speaker at a Feb.

A regional economics expert gave his annual report and forecast to the Northwest Ottawa County business community on Tuesday, and it had more good news and hope than the past few years.

According to Ottawa County dispatch, police were called to a home on Roberts Court in Coopersville about 5:44 am.

A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a car in Holland Township on Tuesday morning.