9:00 AM Mar 12, 2013
Police/Fire
Emelene VanDyke

Person resembling missing Holland woman seen in N.M.

Authorities said a person resembling a 36-year-old Holland woman who has been missing since mid-February has been spotted in New Mexico.
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11:00 AM Mar 9, 2013
Police/Fire

Party host faces music

A 17-year-old Spring Lake boy has pleaded guilty to charges related to hosting an underage drinking party in February.
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10:00 AM Mar 9, 2013
Police/Fire
Lavern Stephen Filipunas

Man charged for posing as officer seeking free sex

Authorities said a man impersonated a police officer as part of an effort to get sex from a pair of women at a West Michigan motel.
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8:24 PM Mar 8, 2013
Police/Fire
Brandon Kuiper

Teen dies 2 days after Russian roulette shooting

An Ottawa County teenager shot in the face while playing Russian roulette has died from his injuries, according to detectives.
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11:30 AM Mar 8, 2013
Police/Fire
(Tribune photo/Becky Vargo) The Tallmadge Township home where the shooting took place.

Teen clinging to life after 'game' goes wrong

A game of Russian roulette has left one Ottawa County teenager hospitalized in critical condition and another in jail.
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10:24 AM Mar 7, 2013
Police/Fire
(Tribune photo/Becky Vargo) The home where the shooting took place Wednesday night.

Teen, 16, shot in the face; suspect arraigned

(UPDATE: Thursday, 5:22 p.m.) An Ottawa County boy is hospitalized in critical condition after being shot in the face, police said.
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10:00 AM Mar 7, 2013
Police/Fire
(Tribune photo/Becky Vargo) Deputies Jeremy Osbun, left, and Jeff Somers hurry behind Somers' K-9 partner, Ranger, as he follows a track Wednesday morning on Harbor Island.

Taking a bite out of crime

“Bleib,” instructs Jeff Somers as he gets ready to work with his deputy dog partner, Ranger, Wednesday morning on Grand Haven's Harbor Island.
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7:59 PM Mar 6, 2013
Police/Fire
Amber Wilson

Police: Woman attacks parents with hatchet, knife

A Grand Rapids-area woman, accused of attacking her parents with a hatchet and knife early Wednesday, is in custody.
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10:00 AM Mar 6, 2013
Police/Fire

Scottville mayor pleads no contest to impaired driving

The mayor of a small West Michigan city who was charged with drunk driving after his pickup truck rolled into a ravine has pleaded no contest in the case.
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9:01 AM Mar 6, 2013
Police/Fire
Steven Deuman

Man who killed baby daughter gets life sentence

A federal judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for sexually assaulting and murdering his 3-month-old daughter on a northern Michigan Indian reservation.
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11:03 AM Mar 5, 2013
Police/Fire

SW Mich. man arrested in raid on cockfight site

Police have arrested at 32-year-old man and seized $5,000 in cash as part of a raid on his cockfighting operation.
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9:00 AM Mar 5, 2013
Police/Fire
Mei Xiang, a female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, pictured in this December 19, 2011 file photograph, gave birth to her second cub with Tian Tian as the result of artificial insemination. (Fang Zhe/Xinhua/Zuma Press/MCT)

Police seek pilfered panda costume

Police are on the lookout for an adult-size panda bear costume that was stolen during an apparent break-in.
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10:00 AM Mar 2, 2013
Police/Fire
Glenn Robert Davis

Former teacher charged with CSC with 14-year-old

A former Byron Center High School teacher and coach has been charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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9:00 AM Mar 1, 2013
Police/Fire
Photo from woodtv.com

Guilty plea in $6 million theft from grocery chain

A man who handled finances at a grocery store chain in southwestern Michigan has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $6 million.
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8:00 AM Mar 1, 2013
Police/Fire
Terry Nolan

Repercussions of attorney's arrest

A well-known Muskegon defense attorney now needs legal counsel himself after being arrested on a drug charge.
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8:31 PM Feb 28, 2013
Police/Fire
Ryan Wyngarden

Zeeland man to stand trial for 1987 murders

A 50-year-old Ottawa County man accused of killing his sister and her husband more than 25 years ago will stand trial on the murder charges.
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11:53 AM Feb 28, 2013
Police/Fire
(Tribune photo/Becky Vargo) Nobody was injured when this SUV rear-ended a school bus late Thursday morning on 168th Avenue at the Ferris Street intersection.

No injuries in SUV versus school bus crash

Nobody was injured, but the driver of an SUV was ticketed when her vehicle rear-ended a school bus late Thursday morning.
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