7:17 AM Oct 19, 2011
Police/Fire

Body of missing Zeeland man found in Lake Michigan

Crews have recovered the body of a man, missing for three days in Lake Michigan.
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10:35 AM Oct 18, 2011
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Police: Drunk man had daughter, 9, drive to store

A Detroit-area man had his 9-year-old daughter drive him to the store because he had apparently been drinking, police said Monday. Surveillance video from a gas station shows him telling a clerk that his daughter was his "designated driver.'
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6:00 PM Oct 18, 2011
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Former foster parent sentenced in sex case

A former northern Lower Peninsula foster parent who was convicted of sexually assaulting children in his care has been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.
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4:00 PM Oct 18, 2011
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Police: Motorist who offers help hits pedestrian

Police said a man who apparently stopped to help a group of pedestrians in Mount Pleasant ended up hitting one of them with his car after his assistance was unwanted.
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1:00 PM Oct 18, 2011
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Judge: End 1 marriage, then we’ll sentence you

The Muskegon County sentencing for a Kent County man who pleaded guilty to polygamy has been delayed a week because he failed to show evidence he had divorced one of two wives.
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2:05 PM Oct 17, 2011
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Report: Pilot in fatal Holland crash struck pole

A federal flight investigator has written in an accident report that a man killed in a crash at Tulip City Airport in Holland struck a light pole positioned before the runway starts.
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7:14 AM Oct 18, 2011
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Searches for missing men ended; CG issues warning

Searches were suspended late Sunday for three men missing in separate incidents on Lake Michigan. Coast Guard officials reported successful rescues in two other Great Lakes incidents over the weekend, and issued warnings about checking the weather before venturing out on one of the Great Lakes.
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7:12 AM Oct 17, 2011
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Sheriff’s Dept. releases gun club shooting investigation report

Lt. Mark Bennett of the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department issued the following statement on Friday afternoon, regarding the accidental shooting near the North Ottawa Rod and Gun Club in Grand Haven Township late last month:
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4:37 PM Oct 15, 2011
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Suspects from bank robbery, police chase identified

Police investigators have released the names of the two bank robbery suspects who were shot and killed in Ottawa County after a high-speed chase on Thursday morning. Michigan State Police have identified the two suspects as Kristopher "Kris' Joe Cheyne, 36; and Derryl Lee Lafave Jr., 32, both of Wyoming. Police said Lafave also was known as D.J. Lafave.
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1:09 PM Oct 14, 2011
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Police officers mourn loss of one of their own

UPDATE: State police identify the bank robbery suspects. Click here to see the story. Ottawa County Sheriff Gary Rosema has seen his share of horrific incidents in his long career as a law enforcement officer. Few were as tragic as Thursday's bank robbery and high-speed chase in which a Walker police officer was killed, said Rosema, who has been a law enforcement officer for 35 years and sheriff for 18 years.
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