The first registered participant each quarter/season to find the hidden token at each mystery park will win $250. If the ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Long-time supporter of the Ottawa County Parks System, Beatrice "Bea" Idema, passed away Thursday at the age of 99. Idema has made a significant impact through donations to the ...

The county's finance and administration committee forwarded a budget request of $388,329 to the full board on Tuesday, Dec. 3. The money would add new positions and reclassify two others, as ...

The same card that helps thousands of Ottawa County residents with food assistance may soon provide free entry into county parks. Through the new program, the county parks commission is looking to ...

JENISON, MI -- About 87 acres of land and inland water features are expected to be added to the Ottawa County Parks system in late spring or early summer. Officials with the Ottawa County Parks ...

PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Paid parking resumes at the seven Ottawa County beaches this Memorial Day weekend but the tangible parking stickers the county previously used are no more. “It is a big ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - After more than 30 years, the director of the Ottawa County Parks and Recreation Department, John Scholtz, is retiring. Scholtz has been fondly called the "father of the parks ...

Holland — There is a sign just off the trail at Eastmanville Bayou. It reads: “Warning: Goats at work.” As part of its effort to control invasive species in its parks, Ottawa County has employed the ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Ottawa County Parks & Recreation is hiring seasonal workers this summer. We’re told wages start at $12.50 an hour with raises for employees who return next year. The department ...

The Great Lawn at Lansdowne Park is one of the (few) possibilities Ottawa councillors floated as a possible location to allow alcohol in city parks as part of a pilot project this summer. (Credit: ...

Ottawa parkgoers could soon enjoy alcohol in public parks, as a report from City of Ottawa staff is recommending consumption be allowed within certain parameters. In a report tabled for the city's ...