Police say an incident in which a Grand Haven teenager threatened officers with a knife Tuesday night ended with the suspect's surrender after an hour-and-a-half standoff.
GRAND RAPIDS — A Holland native in prison for a 2018 murder and dismemberment in Grand Rapids has lost a bid to have his conviction and sentence overturned.
LANSING — A small group of armed protestors rallied Sunday on the Michigan Capitol lawn. Winter weather and the sizable police presence meant the peaceful protest drew more media members than protestors.
The Georgetown Township father of a disabled boy who drowned in a pool was sentenced to prison Monday.
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the break-ins of two Jude’s Barbershop locations and a nearby Bibles for Missions thrift store.
PORT SHELDON TWP. — A St. Clair woman and her 4-year-old daughter were injured when their sled struck a tree Sunday morning at the VanBuren Street Dunes.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — A Grand Haven-area woman was injured when her vehicle was struck by a Harbor Transit bus Thursday morning at the intersection of 168th Avenue and Johnson Street in Grand Haven Township.
Ottawa County Circuit Judge Jon Hulsing was named vice chairperson of the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission during its election of officers on Jan. 11.
A Grand Haven psychologist sentenced last May for an improper sexual relationship with a client has now had his psychology license suspended by the state for at least three years.
HOLLAND TWP. — Two people were found dead in an apartment in Holland Township on Sunday morning, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.
Representatives from Ottawa County’s Children’s Advocacy Center distributed gift bags to detectives from area police agencies in advance of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, which is today.
WASHINGTON — Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the nation's democracy and keep Democrat Joe Biden from replacing Trump in the W…
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Coopersville/Polkton firefighters responded to an oil spill in Coopersville late Wednesday morning.
A Northville woman was OK after a wave swept her off Grand Haven's south pier Saturday morning.
ROBINSON TWP. — Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday night on Lake Michigan Drive, just west of 120th Avenue.
Fire destroyed a Crockery Township home early Saturday morning, just a few weeks after the family lost a loved one due to COVID-19.
WRIGHT TWP. — A 29-year-old Conklin man was injured when he rolled his pickup truck Friday afternoon on 16th Avenue near Comstock Street.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — One of two drivers involved in a two-vehicle crash south of Grand Haven on Thursday night were injured, police said.
CROCKERY TWP. — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched Thursday afternoon to an incident involving a 77-year-old man pinned underneath a riding lawn mower in Crockery Township.
WEST OLIVE — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is urging caution this holiday season amid an increase in scams that fraudulently solicit money from victims.
UPDATE: Police have identified the deceased driver as Kylie Vanetten of Spring Lake.
The young driver of a car that ran off an Olive Township road and struck a tree at around 2 p.m. Wednesday was airlifted to a Grand Rapids hospital in critical condition, police said.
ALLENDALE TWP. — A car crashed into a house near Allendale on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in both the car and house to burst into flames.
Police have released the name of the Grand Valley State University student whose body was found by a jogger on the university campus Saturday morning.
The Grand Valley State University Police Department and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office are jointly investigating a suspicious death.
A police car with its emergency lights operating will sit in the Beacon Boulevard median near Taylor Avenue on Sunday in memory of the late Scott Flahive, a Grand Haven Department of Public Safety officer who was killed in the line of duty 26 years ago.
FERRYSBURG — Two people were injured when a semi-truck jackknifed on southbound U.S. 31 just north of the Grand Haven drawbridge early Thursday afternoon.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office will have an increased presence on area roads for the next three weeks as its officers clamp down on impaired driving.
A Muskegon woman lost her finger during a domestic incident at the Baymont Inn in Grand Haven on Tuesday night.
A 27-year-old Grand Haven man was arrested Tuesday night after police say he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home and assaulted her.
Area firefighters were at several Northwest Ottawa County locations this past Friday and Saturday collecting toys and financial donations for the annual American Legion Goodfellows Crusade for Toys.
A Grand Rapids-area man was injured in a one-car rollover crash Tuesday afternoon in Robinson Township.
Grand Haven Department of Public Safety officials shared information on mental health hotlines after responding to a call of a suicidal man Tuesday afternoon.
UPDATE: The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reported early Tuesday afternoon that Kelsey Ordaz has been located and safely returned to her family.
TALLMADGE TWP. — Ottawa County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched at 5 p.m. Monday to a report of an indecent exposure involving a man not wearing pants at a convenience store near Marne.
A Spring Lake man will evade prison time as long as he pays back almost $25,000 that authorities say he embezzled from two former employers in 2019 and 2020.
COOK COUNTY, Ill. — An extensive cold case investigation has led to murder charges against a West Michigan woman for the 2003 deaths of her newborn sons in Chicago, Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart announced Saturday.
FERRYSBURG — The driver was injured when a semi-truck hauling gravel tipped over on the entrance ramp to northbound U.S. 31 in Ferrysburg Tuesday morning.
OLIVE TWP. — One person was injured in a two-car crash Thursday evening at the intersection of West Olive Road and Port Sheldon Road.
Two years after Grand Haven native Ashley Young was murdered in Grand Rapids, her mother is still begging for someone to come forward and tell her where to find the rest of her daughter’s body.
A Grand Haven Township man pleaded guilty in Ottawa County Circuit Court on Monday to charges related to a hit-and-run crash in Spring Lake Township that left the other driver seriously injured.
A Spring Lake woman has been ordered to serve 130 days in jail for charges connected to a dispute over wearing a face mask inside a Grand Haven business in July.
PARK TWP. — A suspect is in custody following an armed robbery in Park Township.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating a Grand Haven Township man who was last seen walking in Allendale.
ALLENDALE TWP. — Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched at 4:42 p.m. Friday to a robbery that just occurred at a cellphone store in Allendale Township.
The drivers involved in a two-car crash at a Grand Haven intersection Thursday afternoon sought their own treatment for the injuries they suffered in the incident.
BLENDON TWP. — A 6-year-old girl driving an off-road vehicle flipped over in a ditch in Blendon Township on Tuesday afternoon and landed the child in the hospital, police said.
A 41-year-old Nunica man will serve a minimum 17 years in prison for causing a drunk-driving crash that killed a 25-year-old Lansing woman late last year.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Office of Highway Safety and Planning, will be participating in a seat belt enforcement campaign beginning Monday, Nov. 9, through Sunday, Nov. 29.
BLENDON TWP. — Police are seeking information on a woman who allegedly accosted a child on his bicycle Thursday morning in Blendon Township.
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