Ottawa Local News

The government is expected to release a national emergency response plan Monday -- four months after being chastised for not having one.

BLADE STAFF OAK HARBOR, Ohio — The Ohio Highway Patrol is investigating a two-vehicle accident that occurred 6:40 p.m. Sunday on State Rt. 2 and Lemon Road in Ottawa County’s Carroll Township. State troopers said ambulances were summoned from three jurisdictions, although the number of injured people was not immediately available. The intersection is across from Magee Marsh State Preserve.

The Ottawa Valley Historical Society (OVHS) will have a lot on its plate when its members gather for their annual general meeting March 24 at the Kiwanis Field House.[...]

A multibillion-dollar plan to buy a fleet of new armoured combat vehicles for the army is back on after the Defence Department has decided that the program should be a priority

PORT CLINTON Concerns about alleged inappropriate pay for vacation time taken by Ottawa County health commissioner Nancy Osborn came to a head Thursday night.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 14, 2010) - The Special Investigations (SIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding a motor vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 417 near the Woodroffe Avenue interchange in Ottawa. On Sunday, March 14, 2010, shortly after midnight, a red Honda Civic collided with a black, unmarked, Ottawa Police Service SUV that was stopped on the shoulder of ...

Courtesy photo In bookstores: Former Councilman Craig Rich wrote about shipwrecks of Ottawa County. Press file photo Author Craig Rich HOLLAND — Searching for sunken ships off the Lakeshore in West Michigan has been Craig Rich’s passion for almost two decades.

Hometown hoopsters Greg Carter and Anthony McIntosh helped the Lakehead Thunderwolves make the Ottawa Gee-Gees spectators at the CIS Final 8 men's basketball championship.

Mikael Samuelsson scored twice and added an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks returned home from a league-record 14 consecutive road games to beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 Saturday night.

By JOHN WAGNER BLADE SPORTS WRITER GIBSONBURG - After Ottawa Hills claimed a 44-42 win over Norwalk St. Paul in last night's Division IV boys basketball district final, senior Eliot Browarsky made a simple request. "Don't tell anyone [our numbers]," he said. "It sure was ugly tonight. We don't feel we played very well at all. "But it's all about results right now. And we got the result that lets ...