Despite knowing that a death was involved, Ottawa County Circuit Judge Jon Hulsing said that could not be factored in when he ordered a former Grand Haven man to jail for 90 days on a drug possession conviction.
A Grand Rapids Catholic school is trying to invalidate a nearly 50-year-old ban against using state aid for private education, arguing it is "anti-Catholic" and violates the U.S. Constitution.
Some patients asked for white-only nurses.
Two Ottawa County men charged in separate cases of preying on 14- and 15-year-old girls were both sent to prison for a minimum of three years following their hearings Monday in Ottawa County Circuit Court.
A 39-year-old Spring Lake man has pleaded guilty to charges of larceny in a building and second-degree home invasion.
A gun openly carried by a spectator at a school concert in 2015 has turned into a major legal case as the Michigan Supreme Court considers whether the state's public schools can trump the Legislature and adopt their own restrictions on firearms.
HOLLAND — A national nonprofit is suing Holland Christian Schools, claiming the private institution violated the civil rights of one of its former students who was the victim of sexual assault by another student.
The investigation into the death of an Ottawa County Jail inmate a month ago is still not complete, said Ottawa County Sheriff Steve Kempker.
Christopher Ostrowski is now scheduled to appear for trial in U.S. District Court in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 14, 2018. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Sept. 12.
A Hudsonville man and owner of a Jenison car dealership was ordered to serve 30 days in jail and perform 50 hours of community service for writing a bad check for almost $50,000.
Hughes Rose, 31, was charged with operating on a suspended license causing serious injury and failure to stop at the scene of a property damage crash.
A jury has awarded nearly $17 million to a former Ford engineer who sued the automaker for discrimination because he says two supervisors repeatedly berated and criticized him for his Arab background and accent.
MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri ranch for troubled boys isn't liable in the 2013 murders of a Michigan couple by two teenagers who had run away from the facility, a jury decided in a lawsuit filed by the couple's children.
Douglas Scott Evans was sentenced Monday in Ottawa County Circuit Court. His sentence includes probation for three years when he is released from jail.
Civil suit that alleged $1 million loss settled while criminal case moves forward.
