Ottawa County News

Police say a man and woman from northern Ottawa County died in a motorcycle accident north of Ludington this weekend.

At age 13, the Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative is a fast-growing teenager with lots of potential for growth, says president and CEO Dan Lennon.

Mike Biland of Manistee edges Scott McCormick of Coopersville in the 4th annual Muskegon Soap Box championship, the first run on the one of kind three-lane track at Derby Hill in Muskegon's Beachwood Park.

They say she was driving a 1987 Ford Taurus on Port Sheldon Road between 80th and 84th in Blendon Township.

A man was pulled from Lake Michigan on Sunday afternoon after nearly drowning at the Grand Haven City Beach, according to Ottawa County dispatchers.

A man eluded police early Sunday after allegedly stealing cash from a Holland gas station clerk who believed the man had a weapon.

If it's not the heat, it's the humidity. This extended holiday weekend, it'll be both with storms developing Monday.

The Holland - Grand Haven area led West Michigan in record payroll job gains in April, as unemployment fell to 6.1 percent, according to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget.

Two women suffered minor injuries when their Volkswagen Beetle was hit by a pickup truck early Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Osborn Street and 104th The driver, Coral Jean Wenell, 63, of Florida, and her passenger, Dena Bolt, 89, of Fruitport, were taken by ambulance to North Ottawa Community Hospital, said Sgt.

Police say up to 60 daytime home break-ins in eastern Ottawa County over the last three months could be related.

A Grand Rapids task force this week reported that city streets are in "crisis," with 61 percent of them in "poor" condition.

The unemployment rate in Muskegon County fell to 8.3 percent in April, but the number of people with jobs also fell.

Thinking about dipping out of work early this afternoon to enjoy some of the forecasted summery weather at the beach? Think again.

HOLLAND, Mich. -- Two men are in the Ottawa County jail for a break-in and car theft at a Holland repair shop.

Police today identified Armand Story, 65, as a man who died Tuesday after his wife and a neighbor pulled him from Stearns Bayou, near the couple's home.

CROCKERY TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A hawk that's protecting its nest is causing concern for a family in Ottawa County.

One out of every four students in Ottawa County responding to a countywide survey said they had been bullied in the last year.

About 30% of Ottawa County kids engage in sexual behavior, and a little less than a quarter say they've been bullied in the last year.

A 65-year-old man was pulled from Stearns Bayou just after 3 p.m. Tuesday. He did not survive.

The boys reported a white teen male with shaggy black hair and a female with long hair and glasses approached them in the West Olive Estates Mobile Home Park Ottawa County police are investigating a report of a suspicious couple in a van approaching two boys Monday afternoon.