10:36 AM Sep 27, 2011
Police/Fire

Employee hurt when hand gets caught in machine

A male employee suffered a hand injury when his fingers were caught in a milling machine Monday afternoon at Baker Engineering, 17165 Power Drive, according to Crockery Township Fire Chief Gary Dreyer. Emergency personnel were called to the business about mid-afternoon to help free the man from the trap door of the machine, Dreyer said. Firefighters worked with employees to work out a way to manually open the machine that was still in an automatic mode, trying to pull itself shut, Dreyer said.
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11:30 AM Sep 27, 2011
Police/Fire

Hiker rescued after fall in county park

Emergency crews worked for more than an hour to get through heavy brush to rescue an injured hiker Monday evening, said Crockery Township Fire Chief Gary Dreyer. Firefighters were called to the Crockery Creek Natural Area about 6:15 p.m. after a hiker fell and hit his head on a log, Dreyer said. The Grand Haven man, in his 40s, was hiking with a friend in the Ottawa County park at the end of Wren Street off Leonard Road, Dreyer said.
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7:19 AM Sep 27, 2011
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West Mich. woman pleads guilty in child porn case

A Mecosta County woman has pleaded guilty to a federal child exploitation charge for taking pictures of a naked child and sending them to another man. Andrea Marie Mast, 32, of Evart made the plea Monday, indicating that she will cooperate with authorities and testify against Timothy Sims, the man who received the pictures. Sims is going on trial Oct. 25 on charges of producing, receiving and processing sexually explicit images of children. Mast faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison and could be sentenced to up to 30 years in prison.
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10:48 AM Sep 26, 2011
Police/Fire

GR-area teen arrested in Georgetown Twp. thefts

A Wyoming teen was arrested in a stolen car after a chase that ended up in an accident early Sunday morning, said Sgt. Brian Buter of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. Brent Ireland, 17, suffered minor injuries in the accident and was treated and released, Buter said. Ireland was then arrested and arraigned on charges of possession of a stolen motor vehicle, third-degree fleeing, and eluding and operating while intoxicated, Buter said.
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10:46 AM Sep 26, 2011
Police/Fire

Girl, 14, dies in pile-up crash in Allegan County

A 14-year-old girl died Sunday morning when the car she was riding in was struck by a car trying to swerve out of the way of another accident. The Allegan County Sheriff's Department said the crash happened on 30th Street, south of 122nd Avenue, in Allegan Township.
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1:00 PM Sep 26, 2011
Police/Fire

Man, 89, kills woman, 91, in church parking lot

Saginaw police said an 89-year-old man struck and killed a 91-year-old woman as he was parking in the lot of the church where both were longtime members. Police said the accident happened as both were arriving for the start of a 9 a.m. Sunday service at St. John Lutheran Church. Officials said both were members of the church for many years, the woman for about seven decades.. Police told The Saginaw News they aren't releasing the names of the two, and said an investigation will determine whether any charges will come out of the case.
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2:00 PM Sep 26, 2011
Police/Fire

Man surrenders in gun death at K’zoo apartment

Police said a 22-year-old man surrendered soon after shooting a 29-year-old man to death in the hallway of a Kalamazoo apartment building on Saturday night. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said the killing happened about 10:40 p.m. at the Fox Ridge Apartment Complex. They said officers found the victim lying in a second-floor hallway. He lived in the apartments. So far, police haven't released the names of the victim or the suspect, who's also a Kalamazoo resident. He's in the Kalamazoo County Jail on an open murder charge.
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12:29 AM Sep 24, 2011
Police/Fire

Authorities: Inmate targeted Michigan lawmaker

Authorities said Friday that they've thwarted a potential kidnapping or murder-for-hire plot by an inmate who was targeting a Michigan state lawmaker. Few details have been released about the threat. Authorities said the case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed. They say the plot was being developed by a prisoner in a correctional facility who has since been isolated. Democratic state Rep. Barb Byrum of Ingham County's Onondaga issued a statement thanking the Michigan State Police for uncovering the plot.
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12:21 AM Sep 24, 2011
Police/Fire

Pilot killed in plane crash along highway in Allegan County

Authorities said a small plane clipped a FedEx semitrailer and crashed along U.S. 131 near a small airport in Allegan County this morning, killing the pilot. The crash happened near the Plainwell Municipal Airport, about 35 miles south of Grand Rapids. State police said 73-year-old William Frank Beswick of Holland died in the crash. Paul Brindley, who runs the airfield, told the Kalamazoo Gazette a wing of the plane clipped the trailer of a northbound semi as the plane was landing. Brindley said the pilot, the only one on board, was flying from the Holland area.
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11:00 AM Sep 23, 2011
Police/Fire

Man dies after SUV runs off road, catches on fire

One man is dead after a one-vehicle crash early this morning off Holton-Whitehall Road in Muskegon County's Blue Lake Township. The accident happened shortly after midnight between Hyde Park and Automobile Roads. State police said the driver of a white Chevy Blazer went off the road, near an area residents call "Dead Man's Curve,' went down a 20-foot embankment and hit several trees. First-responders said the sport utility vehicle was smoking when they arrived, then caught fire with the man still inside.
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