1:00 PM Oct 18, 2011
Police/Fire

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
Police/Fire

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
Police/Fire

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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10:11 AM Oct 14, 2011
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Maize mess: Corn spill slows Michigan traffic

Authorities said corn kernels covered a half-mile stretch of Interstate 69 near Port Huron after a farmer failed to properly secure a load in his trailer. The Times Herald of Port Huron reported the mess slowed traffic Thursday morning on eastbound I-69 in St. Clair County's Wales Township. St. Clair County Road Commission crews were using a large broom and plow to gather up the corn and place it back in the farmer's trailer. The farmer from Memphis was heading to an ethanol plant in Marysville when the corn got dumped.
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8:01 PM Oct 13, 2011
Police/Fire

Police officer killed during chase of bank robbers

A Walker police officer was killed on Interstate 96 in Ottawa County this morning during a chase of bank robbers that started in Muskegon County. "It could have been much worse," Lt. David Roesler of the Michigan State Police said during a press conference held at Coopersville City Hall this afternoon.
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10:38 AM Oct 13, 2011
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Hunter blames aggressive owl in attack

A Michigan hunter said he thinks an aggressive owl is to blame for leaving him with a bloodied eye.
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10:41 AM Oct 12, 2011
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Father in missing baby case rejects plea deal

The father of a baby who has been missing since June has rejected a plea deal and is heading to trial on charges of unlawful imprisonment and parental kidnapping.
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