House catches fire in Zeeland

B.J. Upton and these Tampa Bay Rays are headed home — to get ready for the American League championship series.

Worst in the majors last year, the Rays will play for a spot in the World Series after finishing off the Chicago White Sox 6-2 Monday in Game 4 of the AL playoffs.

Ray-markable!

The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association honored three Hope College athletes Monday — soccer player Nicco Lamb, football player Jake Manning and volleyball player Nora Slenk.

Celebrate autumn with this fall harvest dinner menu featuring ingredients you can find at a local farmer's market.

Bradley University religion professor Robert C. Fuller has spent a lifetime studying religious belief from psychological, sociological and historical points of view. But in a new book, “Spirituality in the Flesh: Bodily Sources of Religious Experience,” Fuller has turned his attention to another dimension, one that’s being debated with increasing controversy: the biological.

I am writing to endorse and support incumbent Allegan Circuit Court Judge William Baillargeon in the upcoming Nov. 4 election.

The president of Davenport University has pleaded guilty to a first-time drunken-driving charge and a misdemeanor for refusing to take a breath test during his arrest.

A lawyer for 51-year-old Randolph Flechsig of Ada says the head of the Grand Rapids-based school hopes to use the experience to educate students about the perils of drinking and driving.
Davenport has a Holland campus.

Smoke carried by the wind blanketed the south side of Zeeland on Monday morning, Oct. 6.

The visual change, coupled with a strong smell, alerted residents on Alice Street between 101st Avenue and 100th Avenue that something was wrong.

A neighbor saw flames in the back of the one-story home at 433 Alice St. and called 911 about 10:12 a.m., according to Ottawa County Central Dispatch.

Magdalene LeVeque, age 88, of Douglas, died Sunday, October 5, 2008.

Lorraine (Wabeke) Boldt, aged 77, of Hudsonville, went to be with her Heavenly Father as a result of accidental injuries on Friday, October 3, 2008.

Tina Marie Denton and Matthew Alan Van Regenmorter are engaged and planning to marry on Oct. 18, 2008.

Jim and Jo VanHuis of Zeeland, and Jim and Esther Brower of Zeeland announce the engagement of their daughter and son, Sara Joy VanHuis and Ross Eric Brower.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Zeeland High School and Grand Valley State University.

Ashley Rachelle Fleck and Jonathan David Teunis were married on June 7, 2008,

Kate Sterken and Peter Kaynor were united in marriage on June 28, 2008,