9:59 AM Mar 21, 2013
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Police want to I.D. man in locker room theft

Police are seeking help identifying one “person of interest” in connection with the theft of electronics from a locker room during a boys district basketball game on March 8.
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11:00 AM Mar 20, 2013
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Jury asks Sandra Layne why she got a gun: Jurors were given the opportunity to ask Sandra Layne questions today before being let go for the weekend. Layne is on trial for open murder of her grandson Jonathan Hoffman. Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press

Mich. woman convicted of murdering grandson

A 75-year-old woman was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder for killing her teenage grandson last spring in her Detroit-area home, after jurors rejected her claim that she shot him six times in self-defense.
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9:00 AM Mar 20, 2013
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Small crane catches fire at power plant

The cab of a small crane caught fire late Tuesday morning at Consumers Energy’s JH Campbell Complex.
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5:34 PM Mar 19, 2013
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One hurt in three-car head-on crash

An 18-year-old Grand Haven Township man was ticketed for going too fast for the weather conditions after causing a three-car crash Tuesday afternoon near Coopersville, police said.
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1:00 PM Mar 19, 2013
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Crashes down 4 pct., deaths up 5 pct. in Michigan

Michigan State Police said there were fewer crashes and more deaths on Michigan streets and highways last year.
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11:00 AM Mar 19, 2013
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Thief returns $800 from 1980s store burglary

A burglar expressing guilt about stealing $800 from a West Michigan store three decades ago has repaid the money, plus some interest.
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5:10 PM Mar 18, 2013
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Emelene Van Dyke

Missing Holland woman found

A Holland woman missing since Valentine's Day has been found safe in New Mexico.
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3:29 PM Mar 18, 2013
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(Courtesy photo/Kevin Kaiser)

Fender bender slows drawbridge traffic

A two-car crash on U.S. 31 slowed northbound traffic this afternoon.
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2:00 PM Mar 16, 2013
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Christina Kipkorir

Woman gets 30-90 years in cemetery stabbing

A woman who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend during an argument in a Grand Rapids cemetery has been sentenced to up to 90 years in prison.
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10:00 AM Mar 16, 2013
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Police: Boy, 11, tried to abduct 6-year-old

Police said an 11-year-old Jenison boy tried to abduct his 6-year-old neighbor Wednesday afternoon.
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8:00 AM Mar 16, 2013
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Ottawa County woman killed in intersection crash

A 75-year-old Zeeland woman was killed Friday when her minivan was hit broadside by a lumber truck.
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6:26 AM Mar 15, 2013
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Holland woman hurt in crash at 68th/Fillmore

A 60-year-old Holland woman was injured in a two-car crash Thursday afternoon at an Allendale-area intersection.
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5:05 PM Mar 14, 2013
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Tribune photo/Becky Vargo

'Distracted drivers' collide

(UPDATE: Friday 9:45 a.m.) Two people had to be extricated from their crushed cars after a head-on crash in Spring Lake Township this afternoon.
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1:00 PM Mar 14, 2013
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Police agencies boost drunken driving enforcement

Law enforcement agencies in more than two-dozen Michigan counties are conducting extra patrols to arrest suspected drunken drivers through April 8.
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9:00 AM Mar 14, 2013
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25 dogs confiscated from home

Authorities said 25 dogs have been confiscated from a home in Manistee County after many were found in poor condition.
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8:49 AM Mar 14, 2013
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Lakewood closed when crash takes out pole

Lakewood Boulevard between Beeline Road and North Park Drive was closed for more than two hours Wednesday after a car crashed into a power pole.
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8:40 PM Mar 13, 2013
Police/Fire

Someone killed man's 700,000 bees

A suburban Detroit man told police someone sprayed his backyard bee colonies with pesticide, killing roughly 700,000 of the insects and destroying their honey.
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