Teams from multiple area police, fire and other law enforcement agencies gathered Sunday at Lubbers Stadium, on the Allendale campus of Grand Valley State University, for a mass casualty drill.
COOPERSVILLE — The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's assistance with any information that would help in locating a missing man.
Police and emergency crews were sent to a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 31 at Hayes Street in Grand Haven Township shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday.
HOLLAND — Holland first responders are investigating a near-drowning involving a 1-year-old child at the Holland Gateway Mission Women & Children’s Center on Tuesday evening.
A Grand Haven man was sentenced to prison Monday after having a sexual relationship with a teenager whom he had worked with.
Police have ruled the death of a man whose body was recovered from the Grand River in Robinson Township late Saturday night as accidental.
A 16-year-old Hudsonville girl was killed Monday afternoon in a one-vehicle rollover crash.
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A 21-year-old Grand Rapids-area man drowned in Lake Michigan off Grand Haven State Park on Sunday.
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(Update: 2:22 p.m. Monday) — Police have identified the body that was recovered from Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park on Sunday.
Police recovered the body of a 59-year-old man out of the Grand River at Southern Grand Marina in Robinson Township on Saturday evening.
Lake Michigan Drive (M-45) was closed at 104th Avenue in Robinson Township for more than two hours Tuesday morning after a crash involving a dump truck left the roadway covered in asphalt.
Update: M-45 has reopened following a crash involving a dump truck, which left asphalt spilled across the road.
A Grand Haven man is lodged in the Ottawa County Jail after crashing his vehicle into a building at Ferry and Columbus streets Friday night.
A 50-year-old Illinois woman was pinned in her vehicle after it rolled onto its roof following a two-car crash at Franklin Avenue and Seventh Street on Wednesday evening.
DETROIT — Police authorities said Wednesday they do not believe an 18-year-old Grand Blanc teen whose body was found in a Detroit basement early Monday was lured to the city as his mother feared.
GRAND RAPIDS — Michigan State Police say the body believed to be that of a Hamilton man missing since Sunday was located Wednesday afternoon.
The Michigan State Police are asking for assistance in locating a missing person.
OLIVE TWP. — A 66-year-old man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Monday morning after pulling into the path of a semi-truck in Olive Township.
ROBINSON TWP. — An Ottawa County Sheriff's Office road patrol deputy came across a car rolled over in a ditch in Robinson Township late Friday afternoon, and the deputy was able to quickly get the three occupants out of the severely damaged vehicle just before it started on fire.
HOLLAND TWP. — Criminal charges have been filed on the mother of three young children who died from drowning in a submerged vehicle after it crashed into a pond in February.
A Holland man was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 21 years in prison for the murder of a 20-year-old man two years ago.
UVALDE, Texas — A damning report and hours of body camera footage further laid bare the chaotic response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, where hundreds of law enforcement officers massed but then waited to confront the gunman even after a child trapped with the shooter called 911.
COOPERSVILLE — A motorcyclist was sent to the hospital after being struck by an SUV in Coopersville on Saturday afternoon.
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An “upward trend” in crime was reflected in the 2021 annual report from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, according to Sheriff Steve Kempker.
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HOLLAND — Matthew Richard Hallacy, 45, was arraigned Wednesday morning on murder charges related to the death of his wife in Olive Township.
A Muskegon man has been charged on multiple drug trafficking charges and maintaining a “drug house,” federal officials announced Wednesday.
PARK TWP. — A 22-year-old Holland man died in a motorcycle crash late Tuesday night.
CHARLOTTE (AP) — A woman accused in the 2002 fatal bludgeoning of her husband in Michigan was ordered held on a $10 million bond following her return to the U.S. from Italy.
A 45-year-old West Olive man is in custody, suspected of murdering his wife Monday evening.
OLIVE TWP. — A Spring Lake woman was injured in a two-car crash at U.S. 31 and Port Sheldon Road on Saturday afternoon.
MUSKEGON (AP) — A woman charged with the murder and child abuse of her malnourished 15-year-old son subjected him to ice baths that contributed to his death, a prosecutor said Friday.
Nearly one year after a family died on a remote trail in Northern California, a man from Michigan who tried to retrace their steps had to be rescued last week, drawing the ire of the local sheriff.
A Republican candidate for Michigan governor pleaded not guilty Thursday for his actions during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when he says he and other supporters of then-President Donald Trump were exercising their free speech rights.
DETROIT — A Detroit officer and a suspect, who police said was “indiscriminately” firing shots, were killed Wednesday night on the city’s west side, the police chief said, prompting him and other city leaders to decry rising gun violence.
If you’ve ever been to a beach in West Michigan, you’ve probably noticed the flags that fly which gives an indication about the water conditions along Lake Michigan.
HOLLAND — An arrest warrant has been issued in connection to a fatal shooting in Holland two and a half weeks ago.
NORTON SHORES — A meat retailer that set up in a Norton Shores parking lot over the past weekend earned the ire of state regulators and some customers, who took their complaints to social media.
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The last thing Sgt. Jeff Rabbers wanted to do Monday was close the beach at Grand Haven State Park.
Several fights led to the closure of Grand Haven’s south pier, and the beach near the pier, Monday afternoon.
CHICAGO — Inside a rec room at the Logan Correctional Center in downstate Illinois, a projector screen leaned slightly forward but was upright enough as an audience gathered in front of it to watch a film.
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Three people from Indiana were rescued from Lake Michigan off Grand Haven State Park on Tuesday afternoon.
LANSING — Some of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to cast the state’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in December 2020 are receiving grand jury subpoenas from federal officials, according to multiple sources.
HOLLAND — A motorcyclist who lost control of his bike Monday in Holland Township has died, police said.
ALLENDALE — An Allendale man riding a motorcycle was sent to an area hospital after being struck by an SUV in Allendale on Thursday morning.
ALLENDALE — Seven people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Allendale late Wednesday afternoon.
Update: Mercury Drive was reported to be back open again to traffic at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Police pursued suspects in a Muskegon County break-in into Ottawa County early Wednesday morning, where one suspect was taken into custody but two others remain at large.
A Holland man was sentenced to three months in jail for a reckless driving incident last year that resulted in the death of his 5-year-old daughter.
HOLLAND — A 36-year-old man was killed in a shooting inside a Holland apartment complex early Sunday, investigators said.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety officers responded to a report of a stolen car and a person with a gun at Grand Haven City Beach shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — A 79-year-old Norton Shores woman was taken to North Ottawa Community Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Friday after turning into the path of a vehicle in Grand Haven Township, police said.
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