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More than two decades after a fatal house fire led to a life sentence for an Ottawa County woman, a circuit court judge is weighing whether advancements in fire science and interrogation research warrant a new trial.
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The fifth annual Holland Waterfront Celtic Festival and Highland Games runs June 26-27, and celebrates Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and other Celtic cultures through live music, traditional athletics, dancing, food, and historical exhibits.
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Here's what letter writers had to say.
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The Ottawa County community is honoring the legacy of former Zeeland City Councilman and Ottawa County Drain Commissioner Paul Geerlings, who died June 15. He was 82.
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This year's sixth annual Hudsonville Balloon Days attracted residents of all ages, with a spectacular showing of hot air balloons, vendors and plenty of activities.
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Ottawa County Emergency Management has invested in new cloud-based weather alert technology, which officials say is safer and more accurate.
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After releasing a single in January, The Temperances debuted a new song at The Stray in Grand Rapids last month and have plans for more releases in the near future.
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Michigan is home to nine bat species, five of which are designated as threatened or endangered.
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"No matter who occupies the White House or serves in Congress, the same standard should apply: Public office should never be used for private profit," columnist Larry Jackson writes.
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Hudsonville’s English department has worked to design a curriculum that "embraces the use of some AI so kids reject using it as a cheating method," the superintendent said.
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Hundreds of Ottawa County residents turned out en masse to celebrate Holland's annual Juneteenth celebration, marking the holiday with advocacy, education and fun.

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A proposed Michigan law would allow parents full access to their children’s medical records, but some worry it would upend protections for young people needing to speak to doctors privately.
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The recognition comes as part of an annual statewide benchmarking initiative that evaluates municipal performance across categories such as renewable energy, recycling, environmental justice and community engagement.
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One study just published in the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the iPhone caused as much as half of the fertility decline between 2007 and 2011, columnist Bill Dalton writes.
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The active season comes as communities across the state continue recovering from severe weather that has left behind widespread damage.
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The path to a Democratic Senate majority runs directly through Michigan, where U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and former Wayne County Health Director Abdul El-Sayed are disagreeing on how to handle key issues.
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According to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a wrong-way driver heading west in the eastbound lanes.
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A surge of warm, humid air over the Plains will collide with a large wedge of cooler, drier air over the Midwest, sparking thunderstorms over the region.
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Ottawa County beach managers are monitoring South Haven’s rollout, but they remain committed to a strategy focused on public education and engineering controls rather than human surveillance.
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