10:56 AM Nov 11, 2011
Police/Fire

2 barns full of pigs burn near Conklin

Firefighters from Ottawa, Kent and Muskegon counties responded to a barn fire near Conklin around 9 p.m. Thursday.
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10:39 AM Nov 11, 2011

SL school board, teachers union take insurance premium dispute to court

Spring Lake Public Schools and the union that represents the district's teachers have taken different positions on who should have paid for an increase in health insurance premiums once the teachers' contract expired on June 30.
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10:32 AM Nov 11, 2011

Hope College holding Relay for Life

The student-organized Hope College chapter of Colleges Against Cancer will sponsor its ninth annual Relay for Life event from 7 p.m. today until 7 a.m. Saturday at the Dow Center, 168 E. 13th St. in Holland.
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10:28 AM Nov 11, 2011
Sports

Fruitport volleyball still has sights set on Battle Creek

Fruitport's Class B regional championship victory over Grant featured a blowout, a nail-biter and a big-time comeback - all wrapped up in one.
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7:08 AM Nov 11, 2011

Today's forecast

No more snow.
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6:00 PM Nov 10, 2011

Soup for All benefit luncheon at St. Pat’s

The eighth annual Soup for All luncheon will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17.
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4:00 PM Nov 10, 2011

Woman’s Club to host Marge Beaver program

The public is invited to the Grand Haven Community Center at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, for a dose of inspiration with the Woman's Club of Grand Haven.
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3:51 PM Nov 10, 2011
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Police/Fire

SL woman hurt in crash

A 78-year-old Spring Lake woman was injured when her minivan was struck by another car shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of Leonard Road and 152nd Avenue, said Sgt. Jon Wolffis of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department.
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3:00 PM Nov 10, 2011

SL library to award Bookmark Contest winners

The public is invited to attend an awards presentation for its annual Bookmark Contest at Spring Lake District Library at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12.
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2:44 PM Nov 10, 2011
Police/Fire

U.S. 31 traffic stalled in first snow accident of the season

Traffic was stalled for a short time on U.S. 31 north of VanWagoner Road this afternoon as emergency crews policed one of the area's first snow-related accidents of the season.
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2:39 PM Nov 10, 2011
Sports

Paterno fired

Joe Paterno was fired by the Penn State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday, despite saying he would retire as coach after the football season ended - brought down by the growing furor over the handling of child sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.
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2:30 PM Nov 10, 2011

Report: Michigan ranks 10th in mercury emissions

A report issued by an environmental group says Michigan ranks 10th in the volume of mercury released into the air by electric power plants.
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2:00 PM Nov 10, 2011

Legion, VFW to hold veterans ceremonies

The following are two things happening in Grand Haven in honor of veterans on Veterans Day:
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1:00 PM Nov 10, 2011
Police/Fire

2 dead, 1 injured in crash on slushy road

Police said two people are dead following a head-on collision on a slippery, slush-covered highway in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
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12:00 PM Nov 10, 2011

Public hears from 2 GHDPS candidates

The public on Wednesday had a chance to meet with Jeff Hawke and Curtis VanderKooi, the two finalists selected by the city for the vacant public safety director position.
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11:42 AM Nov 10, 2011
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High winds cause scattered power outages

High winds caused few problems in the Tri-Cities area, but both Consumers Energy and the Board of Light & Power reported some scattered outages Wednesday and this morning. Gusts reached as high as 62 mph in Ottawa County on Wednesday.
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10:55 AM Nov 10, 2011

Several area children turning 11 on 11/11/11

"Because of the way we write the dates, 11/11/11 kind of jumps out at you,' said Paul Stephenson, chairman of the statistics department at Grand Valley State University. Right now, the fact that children are turning 11 on Nov. 11, 2011, is interesting - "but not remarkably shocking' when you are looking at the fifth-grade population, he said.
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