County to vote on diversity office in Ottawa County
Ottawa County commissioners will vote to create a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office and accept a $10,000 grant for Ottawa Sands. The new office would have a department head, director, and senior secretary with a five year cost of about $1.1 million, funded by county funds and private contributions. The panel will also consider a grant match of $14,000 for the National Audubon Society project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa County
Ottawa County Board of Commissioners
Ottawa Lands
Finance and Administration Committee
Board of Commissioners
Fillmore Street
Fillmore St
West Olive
Doug Zylstra
City of
Holland
Zylstra
National Audubon Society
Michigan men guilty of federal crimes in West Michigan
Over the past two weeks three West Michigan men faced federal convictions or sentences. Joseph Lee King of Leelanau County received four years for domestic violence on the Grand Traverse Reservation, with two years of supervised release. Deondray Christopher Abrams, from Kalamazoo, was found guilty of supplying fentanyl to a Marine veteran, facing a life sentence at sentencing on April 8. Faheem Olugbodi of Grand Rapids was sentenced to 42 months for tax fraud involving 322 false returns totaling about 1.83 million dollars, with restitution and two years of supervised release. the judge noted rising tax fraud in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
West Michigan
Joseph Lee King
Leelanau County
King
Grand Traverse
Marine Corps
Brandon Jay Demko
Abrams
Demko
Michigan
U.S
Andrew Birge
Faheem Olugbodi
Olugbodi
Gordon Quist
Cops Help Make Christmas Dreams Come True in Grand Haven
Ottawa County deputies and emergency services staff joined Grand Haven Area Public Schools students for the Shop with a Sheriff event. Ninety nine or so students received $75 each to buy gifts at Walmart or Meijer in Grand Haven Township with guardians and volunteers assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Haven Area Public
Grand Haven Township
Walmart
Meijer
Becky Vargo
Grand Haven
Olice
Grand Haven Area Public Schools
Derek Gerencer
Ottawa County
Sheriff’s Office
Wigginton Foundation
Sarah Elliott
Ruby Kennedy
Joyce Buster
Alexis
Bonnie Carnell
Tom Gerencer
Man hospitalized after 30 foot fall at Padnos
A 45 year old man was hospitalized Friday after falling about 30 feet from a roof at Padnos Recycling and Scrap Management in Holland. Police responded around 11 20 AM and the man was taken to Holland Hospital with unknown current condition. An Aeromed helicopter was on standby briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Holland Scrap Metal
Padnos Recycling and Scrap Management
Holland Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Twitter
SentinelRate
SentinelAudra
Grand Haven Tribune
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office
Corey Allard
James Dyer
Bisacky
Jacob
Kayla
Nathan
Timothy Smith Jr
Deller
Nickoli
Padnos
Sentinel Staff
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!