7:05 AM Jul 7, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind at 4 to 7 mph, becoming calm. Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. North-northwest wind at 3 to 6 mph. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Southwest wind at around 8 mph.
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10:30 AM Jul 7, 2011
Police/Fire

Crockery gunman sentenced

A Crockery Township man arrested after threatening his neighbor with a gun in May was ordered to spend 90 days in jail when sentenced Tuesday in Ottawa County Circuit Court. Joshua Curtis Andrews, 25 Forsythia, Nunica, had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of felonious assault and aggravated indecent exposure. A charge of possession of firearms while under the influence of alcohol was dismissed.
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10:49 AM Jul 6, 2011

City approves collaborative agreement

As Gov. Rick Snyder promotes collaboration between local governments, Grand Haven City Council took its first steps toward that goal Tuesday night in several areas with its neighbors. City Council approved an agreement to seek a grant with the Michigan Municipal League that would allow for a $48,000 study on collaborative fleet maintenance services amongst Ferrysburg, Spring Lake, Spring Lake Township, Grand Haven and Grand Haven Township, and the Grand Haven and Spring Lake school districts.
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10:44 AM Jul 6, 2011
Police/Fire

Surfer rescues tired swimmer off City Beach

A 17-year-old Grand Rapids boy received help from a surfer, after the teen became too tired to make it back to shore while swimming in Lake Michigan early Tuesday evening, said Lt. Joe Boyle of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. Emergency crews were called to the area of the City Beach in front of the Bil Mar Restaurant about 6 p.m. for a person in distress, Boyle said. The teenager was about 300 yards from shore. "(The boy) said he swam to the buoy and became too tired to swim back,' Boyle said.
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12:02 PM Jul 6, 2011
Police/Fire

Marne man arrested with gun at Grand Haven motel

A 39-year-old Marne man was arrested shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday for possession of a gun while intoxicated, said Lt. Joe Boyle of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety. Police located the man when they discovered his vehicle at the Rodeway Inn, at the corner of Beacon Boulevard and Taylor Avenue, in response to an alert sent over police radio to check on the man's well-being, Boyle said. Nobody was injured and the man was arrested without incident, Boyle said.
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10:26 AM Jul 6, 2011
Education

Tracy Wilson named new GHHS principal

Grand Haven High School has a new principal after its former leader was promoted this month. The Grand Haven school board on Tuesday unanimously approved the hiring of Tracy Wilson, currently the high school's assistant principal. Wilson is the first female to be hired as principal of Grand Haven High School that Superintendent Keith Konarska knows of, he said. "I think that speaks very positively of her professional development at the high school,' he said.
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7:08 AM Jul 6, 2011

Today's forecast

Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 2 pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Northwest wind between 5 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. North-northwest wind at around 9 mph. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75. East wind at 4 to 7 mph, becoming calm.
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12:15 PM Jul 6, 2011
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Police/Fire

Two hurt in collision at Grand Haven Skate Park

Two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after colliding in the bowl of the Grand Haven Skate Park early Tuesday afternoon. Bob Hammond, 28, of Grand Rapids and Nick Heil, 16, of Fruitport, were both alert and talking when they were taken away by North Ottawa Community Hospital ambulance and were going to be OK, said Grand Haven Department of Public Safety Officer Tom Winegar. Police and paramedics put Hammond and Neil on backboards and slid the stretchers up a ladder from the skating bowl.
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5:03 PM Jul 5, 2011

Tuesday Musicale to host Central Park concert on July 12

Tuesday Musicale will continue to celebrate the 100th year of its founding by sponsoring a concert at Grand Haven's Central Park, at Washington Avenue and Fourth Street, at 7 p.m. July 12. The concert will feature the Java Jive group from Grand Rapids. These musicians will present swing and jazz music mainly from the 1940s and '50s. This concert is funded through the Grand Haven Area Arts Council and the S.J. Westerman Foundation. Birthday cupcakes will be served at the concert.
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3:07 PM Jul 5, 2011
Police/Fire

Ottawa County man sentenced in slaying of horses

An Ottawa County man who authorities said slit the throats of two horses belonging to his wife and a stable owner, as retribution for his belief that the two were having an affair, was sentenced today to 60 days on an electronic tether. An Ottawa County Circuit judge in Grand Haven also sentenced 47-year-old Dennis Finkler to two years probation, about $20,000 in restitution and fines, and community service. The Conklin man pleaded no contest in May to torturing and killing an animal, and malicious destruction of property.
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