One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident early this afternoon on U.S. 31, south of Ridge Street. James Hicks, 52, of Muskegon Heights was taken to North Ottawa Community Hospital following the 12:30 p.m. accident on the northbound lanes of U.S. 31. Police said his injuries were not serious. Hicks was driving a 1997 BMW north on the highway when he either hit the wall and then a northbound pickup truck, or hit the truck and then the wall almost head-on.

Despite an earlier mix-up, an event to collect signatures to recall Gov. Rick Snyder was held Saturday afternoon in Grand Haven's Central Park. The event was part of a statewide effort to collect more than 800,000 signatures that would start the recall process on Snyder for his support of the Emergency Financial Manager law, said Jason Collins of Spring Lake. Collins is a teacher for the Newaygo County alternative high school program and one of three Ottawa County residents heading countywide efforts to recall the governor.

Despite an earlier mix-up, an event to collect signatures to recall Gov. Rick Snyder was held Saturday afternoon in Grand Haven's Central Park. The event was part of a statewide effort to collect more than 800,000 signatures that would start the recall process on Snyder for his support of the Emergency Financial Manager law, said Jason Collins. Collins is a Spring Lake resident and one of three Ottawa County residents heading countywide efforts to recall the governor.

It was a day of change for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Field Office Grand Haven on Friday, as the community said good-bye to outgoing Cmdr. Robert Hemp. During his farewell to the community and personnel of the U.S. Coast Guard in Grand Haven, Hemp thanked the men and women serving here. "No officer successfully completes a command tour without a crew committed to success,' he said.

Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after colliding in the bowl of the Grand Haven Skate Park early Tuesday afternoon. Bob Hammond, 28, of Grand Rapids and Nick Heil, 16, of Fruitport, were both alert and talking when they were taken away by North Ottawa Community Hospital ambulance and were going to be OK, said Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Officer Tom Winegar. Police and paramedics put Hammond and Neil on backboards and slid the stretchers up a ladder from the skating bowl.

The Tri-Cities area was filled with sun and plenty of activity during the Independence Day holiday. Monday began with festivities in the city of Ferrysburg, where a parade was held. "It was a great turnout,' Ferrysburg Mayor Jeff Stille said. "We've had progressively more and more people turn out every year. God bless this beautiful day - it really helps to have a nice healthy turnout.'

Two Spring Lake residents safely evacuated their home late Friday morning when a close lightning strike hit a sprinkler system electrical line and started a fire inside their house, Spring Lake Township Fire Chief Rick Nuvill said. Syed Mahmood, 18615 Woodduck Lane, said he was cooking eggs for his daughter at about 11:40 a.m. when there was a big bang and his smoke alarms started sounding. Storms had been rumbling through the area all morning, but this possible lightning strike sounded like it was just outside his house, Mahmood said.

Fruitport resident Kirt Walbrink didn't get to ride in the 246-foot airship that floated over Muskegon and the Tri-Cities area on Wednesday, but the Farmers Insurance agent said he and his family still had fun taking part in the on-ground festivities. "My girls were really excited about that,' Walbrink said of the airship's take-offs and landings near a gate close to Ross Park in Norton Shores. "We watched it fly by about 300 feet away and 100 feet in the air.'