Ottawa County officials are concerned about the future of the county's groundwater supply and are preparing to take a deep look at it before it reaches a crisis stage.
With a few weeks to go in this year's fund drive, the Greater Ottawa County United Way Community Campaign is 86 percent of the way to its $2.3 million goal.
One of the key findings in a new community assessment released this week is that one in 10 Ottawa County residents — equaling about 13,000 households — qualified for federal food assistance in December 2011.