East Grand Rapids, MI

Local and federal medical officials came to conflicting conclusions on what caused the death of a west Michigan pilot whose plane crashed near Ottawa Executive Airport in 2020. Dale DeWeese, 61, and his wife, Joyce, 59, died on Sept. 19, 2020, as the Van's RV-9 kit aircraft he was piloting...

Deputies from the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office responded to an ATV injury accident on Sunday in a Dollar General parking lot.

Three people were taken to the hospital after a head-on crash between two cars in Georgetown Township.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- In October 2020, a Kent County judge described George Yzaguirre as “clearly a monster” for stabbing two people to death, including a roommate stabbed 70 times. Yzaguirre’s brutal and heinous crimes are now being examined in a true crime TV show. Yzaguirre ended up...

Someone has stolen a giant iconic flag from a car dealership in Holland, Michigan, that has flown over the lot for 57 years. Thirteen alternating horizontal stripes of red and white with a blue rectangle holding fifty stars. Old Glory is a symbol of freedom and one of the most recognizable flags in the world.

HASTINGS, MI – A 37-year-old man is believed to have drowned early Sunday after he did not resurface in a Southwest Michigan lake. The incident was reported around 12:30 a.m. Sunday, July 3, at Little Pine Lake in Hope Township, about 6 miles south of Hastings. Around that time,...

A 16-year-old is in juvenile detention after he and two others crashed a stolen car into a police cruiser and then ran away on foot, police said.

The most heart-pounding hunts tend to be the ones with bison, bear and other towering, big game animals. However, not to be underestimated are whitetail deer. More often than not, hunters tend to scope out a pair of antlers from the vantage point of a tree stand or from behind the fabric of a blind. But this hunter decided to forego the extra equipment and position himself in between the breaks of the brush.

MECOSTA COUNTY, MI – A man was seriously injured Saturday, July 2 in an ATV crash. Shortly after 2 p.m., a Lakeview man, 58, traveling south on 100th Avenue near 5 Mile Road lost control and rolled an ATV on the road, the Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

RACINE — The hometown team’s scoreboard lit up with a 70-burger Saturday night. “A 70-burger? Really?” Really. The Racine Raiders had some fun in front of a season-high crowd of more than 500 people in a 70-0 shellacking of the visiting Seminoles from Grand Rapids, Mich. With this win, Racine improved to 6-2 overall.

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, MI – Three people were injured Saturday evening during a head-on crash in Georgetown Township. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies say two of the people, including a 14-year-old boy, suffered serious injuries in the crash. The crash was reported around 7:40 p.m. Saturday, July 2, in the...

MECOSTA COUNTY, MI - Two 7-year-old children face none life-threatening injuries after crashing an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) into a pole Sunday morning. On Sunday, July 3, at 11:35 a.m., deputies were dispatched to an ATV incident driven by a Grand Rapids 7-year-old female and her 7-year-old brother, police said. The...

Three people were hospitalized after a head-on crash Saturday night in Georgetown Township, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office.  Just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash in the 500 block of Port Sheldon Street in Georgetown Township. Authorities determined that a 27-year-old Hudsonville woman was driving northeast on...

HAMILTON — Ever since Eli Timmerman started playing high school golf, he's asserted his dominance across the area. The Hamilton junior earned first-team all-confernce honors in the OK Blue, qualified for the individual state finals and was named the Holland Sentinel's Boys Golfer of the Year for the second consecutive season. He earned five individual medals on the season and had a 9-hole scoring average of just 37.8.

A Q&A with Curtis Gritters, vice president of development at Holland Home. Curtis Gritters moved from one health care setting to another in April when he became vice president of development at Grand Rapids senior living and care provider Holland Home. A registered nurse who also holds an executive MBA from Grand Valley State University, Gritters worked for 19 years at Spectrum Health, most recently as director of provider contracting and analytics at insurance affiliate Priority Health. Gritters recently discussed his new role, where he is responsible for fundraising to support services and capital projects at the nonprofit Holland Home and its Faith Hospice.

HOLLAND — The Unified Soccer team at Holland Christian High School made quite the debut this season. Competing for the first time this year, the team of general and special education students took home a state championship in October and earned a berth to represent Michigan in the Special Olympic Games in Florida in June.

Jackson Price was in Big Rapids twice last week, watching his dad Monty Price coach his Belding football team in a passing camp. Two days later, he was also at  Big Rapids watching his former Reed City teammates at another passing camp.

ON THE LINKS: OK green all-conference honorable mention, state qualifier. COACH’S VIEW: "Jack started the season a little slow but played consistent golf for us all season. He finished strong in the Regional Tournament to earn a spot in the state finals. He was our number one player and scored in the top four in almost every event this season. I look forward to seeing him improve over the summer to give himself another chance at the state finals next year," - Carla Stowie.

HOLLAND — The clock is ticking at The Blackbird in downtown Holland. Longtime owners of the housewares and decor store, Paul and Becky Faulkner, are ready to retire. The business and inventory have been listed by Nate Broekhuizen at Cornerstone Real Estate Group for $60,000. So far, there haven't...