10:27 AM Aug 1, 2011
Police/Fire

Woman, 49, struck, killed while swimming in lake

Authorities said a boat struck and killed a woman who was swimming off her own anchored boat on Saturday. Hillsdale County Undersheriff William Whorley said the accident happened about 2:40 p.m. in Bear Lake. It's in Cambria Township, about six miles southwest of Hillsdale and about 12 miles north of the Ohio line. According to Whorley, 49-year-old Cynthia Hiszak of Temperance was out boating on the lake with her husband, James. The undersheriff said a boat driven by 48-year-old James Jonassen of Hillsdale struck Hiszak and then the couple's boat.
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3:33 PM Jul 30, 2011
Police/Fire

Fire chief: Area departments did 'great' in emergency readiness test

It took just 45 minutes to gather personnel and trucks from 13 fire departments in Ottawa and Muskegon counties as part of an emergency readiness test staged Thursday afternoon at the Crockery Township Fire Department, said Crockery Township Fire Chief Gary Dreyer. "Throughout the state, they had seven task forces assembled and we had two of them,' Dreyer said. "So we did great.' All of those task forces in the five different regions met the goal of reporting to the staging areas in less than an hour, Dreyer said.
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2:17 PM Jul 29, 2011
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Car fire slows traffic on northbound U.S. 31

Tri-Cities lunch-hour traffic was backed up for a short time today when a car caught on fire on northbound U.S. 31, north of Jackson Street. Ferrysburg resident Chris Larson said he was driving his 1996 Oldsmobile north on the highway just after noon when he smelled gas. "Before I knew it, the power cut out,' he said. "... I started getting over, rolled over to get out of traffic and started seeing smoke.' The smoke was white, then turned to heavy black, he said. "I grabbed my things and got out of there,' Larson said.
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12:35 PM Jul 29, 2011
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Holland man dies on fishing trip in South Haven

An 81-year-old Holland man has died after falling from a dock into the Black River in South Haven while on a fishing trip. Donald Bohlsen died at a hospital following the Tuesday morning accident. Investigators said they believe Bohlsen suffered a head injury when he fell. Police said a friend jumped into the river and pulled Bohlsen out of the water.
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7:07 AM Jul 29, 2011
Police/Fire

Police seek help identifying suspect

The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department is looking for assistance in identifying the suspect in at least two-dozen thefts from vehicles in the Georgetown Township area. Lt. Mark Bennett of the Sheriff's Department said they are investigating about 25 incidents of larceny from vehicles over the past few weeks. He said most of the cars broken into were in driveways or on the side of roads, and were not secured. Electronics, cash and wallets were taken from the vehicles, totaling several thousands of dollars in lost property.
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11:15 AM Jul 28, 2011
Police/Fire

Two-car crash blocks Lakeshore Drive for an hour

A section of Lakeshore Drive, south of M-45, was closed to traffic for about an hour late Wednesday afternoon following a two-car accident in front of 10765 Lakeshore Drive. Four people with minor injuries were taken by ambulance to North Ottawa Community Hospital following the 4:42 p.m. accident, said Lt. Bruce Palm of the Grand Haven Township Fire Department. One person refused medical treatment. Palm said the car pulled out of a driveway into the path of a southbound sport utility vehicle. No further information was available at this time.
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12:00 PM Jul 28, 2011
Police/Fire

Door-to-door collection for local charity a scam

The director of the local Big Brothers Big Sisters organization said today that collections being taken by someone going door to door in the name of that organization was a scam. "Somebody was knocking on doors on Hillcrest Street (in Grand Haven) near the hospital last night, claiming to be from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Wisconsin,' Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Lakeshore Director Regina Sjoberg said this morning. "We never go door to door and we certainly wouldn't go collecting in another state.'
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11:06 AM Jul 28, 2011
Police/Fire

Police seek woman who fled Holland with her kids

Police are searching for a woman who they say failed to turn over custody of her two children to their father at the Holland Department of Public Safety. Investigators said Wendi Carpenter had visitation with her daughter and son over the summer months and, by court order, was supposed to meet the children's father Tuesday at the public safety headquarters. When Carpenter failed to show up at the designated time and place, police began investigating. Police said they now believe Carpenter fled the state with the children.
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11:01 AM Jul 28, 2011
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Former Michigan woman found dismembered in Texas

Police are investigating the murder of a West Michigan native, whose body was found in parts in Texas. Authorities said they found the dismembered body of Laura Ackerson, 27, near Richmond, Texas - hundreds of miles from her current home in Kinston, N.C. Ackerson's family still lives in Ionia County, where she grew up.
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10:59 AM Jul 28, 2011
Police/Fire

Muskegon County court workers being investigated

Prosecutors say a criminal investigation is under way against some Muskegon County court workers accused of misusing county vehicles and taking part in recreational activities when they were supposed to be working. Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Brett Gardner confirmed that the sheriff's office is investigating the allegations against the workers.
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