As the first phase of Ottawa's assault weapon buyback program finally gets underway, the government has quietly expanded the ...

Ottawa residents will be paying more to board the O-Train and buses, have the garbage picked up, turn on the taps, park on ...

It’s finals week around Springfield with Missouri State and Drury’s basketball programs in study mode. It’s the same at ...

It’s been four months since Mayor Mark Sutcliffe began preparing residents for a difficult 2025 budget. “It is not an ...

It takes a lot of moral courage and heightened concern about resident wellbeing for care home staff to whistle blow on their ...

Ottawa’s 2025 budget has passed, and the financial impact is about to get real. Effects will be felt across local households ...

The Ottawa County Board narrowly approved a contract with Chester Township on Tuesday, Dec. 10, that will allocate $563,404 ...

No details were immediately provided. The Sentinel is seeking information about the severance agreement, including the amount ...

The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners approved to pre-pay its legal team for nine months of 2025 to the tune of just under ...

Interim County Administrator Ben Wetmore and Senior Executive Aide Jordan Epperson could soon leave their positions with the ...

Undersheriff Eric DeBoer will take the department's lead role on Jan. 1. DeBoer has been undersheriff since March, after the ...

Ottawa County commissioners, in a split vote, agreed to pay a year's salary to Ottawa County Interim Administrator Ben Wetmore as part of a separation agreement.