One man was taken to Zeeland Community Hospital following a scaffold accident Thursday morning at his home, said Robinson Township Fire Chief Paul VanVelzen. J.B. Smith and another man were shingling a building at 9861 Pierce St. when the scaffold on which they were working detached from the side of the building. The men fell about 7 feet to the ground, the chief said. One man landed on his feet and was OK, VanVelzen said. Smith caught his thumb on something and received a "nasty slice,' he said. Smith was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Three people were taken by ambulance to the hospital after a rear-end accident at a Robinson Township intersection about 11:30 a.m. Thursday. A car with a woman and two young children inside was slowing to make a turn onto southbound 120th Avenue from M-45 when it was hit in the rear by a car driven by a young female, said Robinson Township Fire Chief Paul VanVelzen. The young woman said she was looking at an ambulance broken down on the side of the road, and didn't notice the other car slowing in front of her, VanVelzen said.

A Coopersville-area man died late Wednesday afternoon after falling from a ladder, said Sgt. Keith Garvelink of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. James Aaron Blehm, 60, was pronounced dead at the scene after efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful, Garvelink said. Emergency personnel were called to the 9000 block of Leonard Road at 5:15 p.m. Garvelink said Blehm was trimming trees on his property from a ladder. A falling limb struck the ladder and caused the man to fall to the ground, a distance of greater than 20 feet, Garvelink said.

Police have arrested a suspect in the armed robbery of a Norton Shores store earlier this summer. Based on tips from the community, Norton Shores Police Sgt. James Campbell obtained a search warrant from the Muskegon Prosecutor's Office for a home in the 900 block of Irwin in Muskegon for the suspect. With the assistance of the West Michigan Enforcement Team and the Muskegon Police Department, Norton Shores officers executed the search warrant at approximately 11 a.m. Friday. A 27-year-old Muskegon man was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant.