Holland native Justin Walters murder trial nears end
After seven days of trial in Jefferson County New York jurors began deliberations in the case of Holland native Justin Walters an Army staff sergeant at Fort Drum accused of killing his wife Nichole Walters and New York state trooper Joel Davis who responded to a 911 call at the couple's Teresa home on July 9 2017 A surviving witness Rebecca Finkle was shot in the back and a dog was killed Prosecutors called nearly two dozen witnesses while the defense presented a psychologist who said Walters has PTSD and is an alcoholic with estimated 18 beers daily
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Dutch homeschoolers win first district FIRST robotics title
Holland A 4 homeschoolers Team 3458 Code Blue captured its first district championship at the Muskegon district event March 14 16 in a three team alliance with Grand Haven High School Team 3536 Buck n Gears and Team 4004. M A R S Rovers includes home and public school students from North Muskegon Orchard View Reeths Puffer and Oakridge.
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Four West Michigan MDOT projects kick off this spring
West Michigan submits to a busy construction season as MDOT outlines four major projects. Public meetings cover I 196 in Ottawa County and I 96 in Ionia County with a mid April kickoff for the I 196 Westbound reconstruction near Hudsonville. Traffic on eastbound lanes will be affected through October. MDOT urges monitoring its website and social media for updates.
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Ottawa County Ranks No 2 In State Health Report
Ottawa County falls from first to second in Michigan in the 2019 County Health Report Rankings behind Leelanau County. The rankings by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Institute use 35 measures including jobs housing education and poverty to gauge local health snapshots. Kristina Wieghmink of the Ottawa County Department of Public Health calls the ranking a good snapshot of county health.
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