Pair of NOCHS programs to end

North Ottawa Home Care, a division of the North Ottawa Community Health System, will dissolve June 30. And NOCHS’ diabetes education program will also come to an end.

Today at 12:00 PM

Crews dig paddles into the water at the start of one of the cardboard boat races during the Coast Guard Festival inaugural event in 2016. This year's race is being relocated to Waterfront Stadium.

Coast Guard Festival 2017

Coast Guard Fest sneak preview

Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival officials gave a sneak peak into what’s in store for this year’s event.

Today at 10:00 AM

A Coast Guard lifeboat makes a run through the rough waters of the Grand River channel.

Lake Erie rescues

Lake Erie weather rolls through; Coast Guard rescues 19 people, assists 14

CLEVELAND — Coast Guard crews rescued 19 people and escorted 14 back to shore in four separate weather-related cases on Lake Erie involving capsized vessels on Saturday.

Today at 9:00 AM

holland township

West Olive woman injured in Holland Township crash

HOLLAND TWP. — A 40-year-old West Olive woman was in stable condition at Holland Hospital following a crash early Sunday afternoon on Waverly at Chicago Drive.

Yesterday at 5:45 PM

Georgetown Township

8-year-old Ottawa County boy dies after 'near drowning' in pool

GEORGETOWN TWP. — An 8-year-old Jenison boy died Sunday, a day after he nearly drowned in a swimming pool at an Ottawa County residence, according to Sgt. Cal Keuning of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department.

Yesterday at 4:50 PM

Education

10 young men study Great Lakes

Traveling from Suttons Bay to Frankfort, they worked in groups on a self-selected research project, hypothesizing, collecting and analyzing samples/data, coming to a conclusion, and presenting their findings. In addition to research, they also sailed the ship while enjoying the rich beauty of Lake Michigan.

Yesterday at 4:00 PM

Jim Watkins, a longtime chronic pain patient who says he has been made to feel like a criminal in recent years because of his opioid pain prescription, at home in Chicago on May 25, 2017.

Opioids

Chronic pain patients say opioid crackdown is hurting them

CHICAGO — Jim Watkins lives with pain so intense it can snatch his breath away. He has osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, and the best way he has found to control the anguish is with daily doses of tramadol, an opioid medication.

Yesterday at 2:00 PM

Harold Katz practices his torah portion on May 18 at the Lubavitch Chabad Synagogue in Wilmette, Illinois, where he will be bar- mitzvahed. Katz is a Holocaust survivor living in Chicago who will have his bar mitzvah for the first time at the age of 89.

Religion

Delayed by Nazis, bar mitzvah to now be celebrated by 89-year-old Holocaust survivor

CHICAGO — Harold Katz didn’t require a crash course in Hebrew before his bar mitzvah next week in Wilmette, Illinois. He started preparing 76 years ago, and his skills never got rusty.

Yesterday at 12:00 PM

Weather

Grand Haven forecast

A chance for showers and storms and cool for the rest of the weekend into the work week.

Yesterday at 6:00 AM

Religion

Walters ordained as a permanent deacon for St. Pat's

For the first time in 11 years, the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids ordained a class of permanent deacons this past week.

Yesterday at 12:00 AM

Chrissy Golden and Nancy Walker help children search for books and check them out during the first stop of the Wild for Books mobile library on Wednesday. Throughout the summer, the Fruitport Community Schools’ library will make stops twice each week at schools and other Fruitport-area locations.

Fruitport Community Schools

Summer mobile library kicks off in Fruitport

Children boarded a school bus outside Fruitport Middle School in search of books Wednesday morning.

Jun 24, 2017 at 2:00 PM

All that remains of the deck of the Weaver House at Pine Bend Park in Port Sheldon Township are its support beams after the collapsed deck was removed.

Ottawa County Parks

Collapsed Weaver House deck torn down

WEST OLIVE — A deck that collapsed, sending a number of people to the hospital, is no more. Now, plans are underway to rebuild, but that won’t happen immediately.

Jun 24, 2017 at 12:00 PM

state news

Snyder makes case in Europe for Michigan aerospace sector

LANSING — Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday that some companies based in Europe are considering expanding into Michigan or adding to existing operations there, and he wants to ensure that the state has enough qualified engineers and technicians to fill the potential jobs in the long term.

Jun 24, 2017 at 11:00 AM