A 47-year-old Grand Rapids woman and an Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputy were injured in a head-on crash early Wednesday morning in Georgetown Township.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — A dog rescued from a burning mobile home will be OK, according to officials at the scene of a fire Tuesday afternoon at the Forest Lake Estates in Spring Lake Township.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — Fire damage was minimal but smoke damage was substantial in a house fire Sunday night in Spring Lake Township, according to Spring Lake Fire Chief Brian Sipe.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is continuing its search for a pair of missing teens Friday morning.
COOPERSVILLE – Volunteers and officials gathered at Gull Lake Marine on Thursday morning to conduct a search for a missing Coopersville man.
UPDATE: The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has identified the girl who was swept off a Holland-area pier as 16-year-old Eliza Trainer of Flint, The Holland Sentinel reported on its website Thursday afternoon.
A 36-year-old Grand Haven Township man was injured in a snowboarding incident Sunday afternoon at Mulligan's Hollow Ski Bowl.
An investigation by the Ottawa County Central Dispatch Authority has found that a dispatcher incorrectly handled a 911 call prior to Kenneth Boone killing his father on Dec. 1 in Spring Lake Township.
COOPERSVILLE – An Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputy was involved in a traffic crash at the intersection of River Street and O'Malley Drive in Coopersville on Friday afternoon.
A camper being stored for the winter caught fire and quickly burned off Groesbeck Street west of 152nd Avenue in Grand Haven Township on Saturday evening, Nov. 16.
CROCKERY TWP. — A Fruitport man suffered minor injuries and was ticketed for a crash on a snowy rural road in Crockery Township on Tuesday morning.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — A 30-by-60-foot pole barn burned to the ground Sunday night at Standard Sand, 14201 Lakeshore Ave.
UPDATE: 3:25 p.m. - Firefighters just cleared the scene and said northbound U.S. 31 near Comstock Street are open to traffic.
The Ferrysburg Fire Department hosted its annual Fire Prevention Week open house this past Monday.
Grand Haven firefighters quickly extinguished a fire in the basement of a home at 1600 Slayton Street.
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A burn demonstration used to show just how fast a fire spreads thrilled a large crowd during the annual Fire Prevention Week open house Tuesday evening at Grand Haven Township Fire Rescue.
A 2017 Grand Haven High School graduate was recently named Firefighter of the Week on the Louisiana Firefighter Proud Facebook page.
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SPRING LAKE — On the surface, last week’s Spring Lake Fire Department’s open house at Central Park was all about fun. But deep down, it was about safety.
SOUTH HAVEN (WZZM-TV) — A family of four was rescued Wednesday on Lake Michigan after their rented jet skis overturned off South Haven's South Beach.
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SPRING LAKE TWP. — Marti Wiersma said it was probably a good thing she procrastinated putting away her mess Saturday night.
A skydiver taking part in the “Dink Dink Boogie” at Grand Haven Memorial Airpark died Saturday afternoon as the result of injuries while landing a jump.
WRIGHT TWP. — Two Grand Rapids-area men suffered serious injuries Thursday night in what appear to be separate and unrelated motorcycle crashes on or near I-96 in Ottawa County.
CROCKERY TWP. — A Muskegon County man was trapped in his car after it rolled over Thursday on I-96 in Ottawa County.
Police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a man who was last known to be living in the Holland Township area.
ALLENDALE TWP. — Police said a woman was using her cellphone when she lost control of her car and it struck a house in Allendale Township shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday.
Update (12:30 p.m.) Police have removed the subject from the water and he is being transported up the river, presumably to the Coast Guard Station. The park is open.
ROBINSON TWP. — A 60-year-old woman suffered a possible broken shoulder when a steel wall fell on her late Wednesday afternoon.
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WEST OLIVE — When Jake VanDyke called 911 and told the dispatcher his wife was going to have a baby before they could make it to the hospital, two thoughts went through Mary Allman’s head.
One of Ottawa County’s newest residents made a grand entrance into the world, not settling for the traditional hospital manner, but instead making his presence known by a birth inside a pickup truck on the side of a highway.
An 18-year-old Rockford man suffered a head injury after a fall on Grand Haven’s South Pier on Saturday, but was giving spectators a thumbs up when emergency personnel drove him back to shore on an all terrain vehicle.
Coopersville-area residents are encouraged to line the city’s streets late Saturday morning when the family of Ken VanDoorn gives their loved one his last ride in a tow truck.
ROBINSON TWP. — A 25-year-old Hamilton man was arrested Friday for a second-degree home invasion that occurred in Robinson Township last week.
Firefighters responded to a call of a kitchen fire shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday at a house in the 800 block of Washington Ave.
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Three people were taken by North Ottawa Community Hospital ambulance to a Muskegon hospital following a two-car crash and car fire Wednesday night at the intersection of 174th Avenue and Taft Street in Spring Lake Township.
Power was supposed to be turned off at the site of a demolition project in downtown Spring Lake.
Update (2:45 p.m.) Police are in the process of opening up M-104 to through traffic.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A longtime city employee opened fire in a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people on three floors and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover before police shot and killed him following a "long gun-battle," authorities said.
GEORGETOWN TWP. – Police responded to a truck and motorcycle crash Friday morning.
LANSING — Preliminary reports indicate 10 people lost their lives in eight separate traffic crashes during the 2019 Memorial Day holiday weekend.
LAKETON TWP. — The Michigan State Police Rockford Post is investigating a Tuesday morning crash involving a Grand Haven man and resulting in the death of a pedestrian.
Representatives from three local fire departments tested some battery-operated lifesaving equipment during a week of demonstrations in a parking lot across from the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety building.
Update (Friday 4:20 p.m.): The natural gas main break in the Village of Spring Lake has been contained.
ALLENDALE — An influx in population is creating issues for the Allendale Township Fire Department. Due to an increase in call volume and equipment, a proposal was made for an expansion of the fire station.
Michigan’s wildfire season is often hottest during May and June, but state residents can help prevent catastrophe with simple steps such as burning with care and landscaping their yards to keep fires from reaching their homes.
FERRYSBURG — The elderly resident of a Ferrysburg home did the right thing by leaving the door closed on a smoldering dryer early Monday afternoon, officials said.
ALLENDALE TWP. — Crews from five area fire departments responded to a fire in Allendale Township shortly before noon Thursday.
SPRING LAKE TWP. — Police and firefighters are investigating the cause of a mobile home fire that occurred late Monday afternoon in the Country Estates Mobile Home Community.
CROCKERY TWP. - Firefighters from two departments spent part of their Easter Sunday afternoon putting out a wildfire at Ottawa County Park’s Jubb Bayou green space park. The park is located on Oriole Drive just east of 104th Avenue.
Stan’s Bar in downtown Spring Lake was evacuated for a short time Saturday after a problem with a cooking appliance caused the business to fill up in smoke.
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