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Two young men escaped injury when a dead tree fell on their vehicle Thursday evening near Rycenga Park.
Muskegon Township police are investigating a homicide after they responded to a car crash on northbound U.S. 31 and found the driver with a gunshot wound.
An increased police and fire presence has always been part of the big events during the Coast Guard Festival and that won’t change, according to Jeff Hawke, director of the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety.
A 16-year-old Allendale boy was arrested following a home invasion and assault on a woman in Allendale Township on Tuesday afternoon.
Police said alcohol was a factor in a two-car crash in Robinson Township early Tuesday evening that sent one of the drivers to the hospital.
WEST OLIVE — Ottawa County commissioners are set to decide over enacting a policy that would ban drones and other forms of unauthorized recordings on county properties, except for during public meetings.
A continuously growing and changing Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has led officials to reorganize the administrative levels and the create a third-in-command position, according to Sheriff Steve Kempker.
Update (Monday 8:10 p.m.): The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office would like to report that Rose McCaleb was located near her home in Grand Haven Township. She is being checked by local medical services and appears to be in good health.
A local man charged with robbing the Wesco gas station in Grand Haven Township in February has pleaded guilty to the incident.
HOLLAND — A pilot program by Hope College and Western Theological Seminary to provide a Christian liberal arts education to incarcerated men at the Muskegon Correctional Facility in Muskegon has shown such initial success that the college is now pursuing accreditation for a full Bachelor of …
An incident with personal watercraft, a severe thunderstorm watch announced shortly before 3:30 p.m. and waves washing over the pier prompted police to escort visitors off Grand Haven’s south pier and lock the gate Saturday afternoon.
A 60-year-old Zeeland man suffered critical injuries when he rolled his pickup truck in a construction area in Robinson Township on Friday night.
A man between the ages of 20 and 40 was in stable condition after being pulled from a car that went into the water at the Bass River Recreation Area in Robinson Township on Thursday morning, police said.
A Grand Haven teen who was assaulted during a basketball tournament in Fort Wayne, Indiana, this past weekend is now home.
There were no injuries when a car smashed into an auto parts store on Grand Haven’s north side Tuesday evening.
A Muskegon County fire chief suffered life-threatening injuries in a crash early Sunday afternoon at the intersection of Riley Thompson Road and Holton Road (M-120) in Muskegon County.
Traffic on I-96 near Marne was held up for several hours Sunday when a travel trailer rolled over and debris scattered across the highway.
A 15-year-old Coopersville boy was injured when he was struck by a police patrol car Friday night in Polkton Township.
A Holland-area business was badly damaged when a car crashed into it early Friday morning, police said.
A 20-year-old Grand Haven-area man is out on bond following a shooting incident that occurred Saturday morning on 128th Avenue in Robinson Township, next to Spinner’s gas station.
A man charged with breaking into his former girlfriend’s Grand Haven apartment and assaulting her, and then driving into and damaging some cars in the parking lot will go to prison for a minimum of 15 years.
After a nearly four-hour search, police took into custody a man suspected of shooting another man in Robinson Township on Friday morning.
Update (10:45 a.m. Friday): According to police, the suspect in Friday morning's shooting in Robinson Township is now in custody.
An unruly crowd of young people caused police to close the south pier and then the day use area at the Grand Haven State Park on Sunday evening.
Two West Olive residents were injured when their motorcycle struck a car Friday evening on Lake Michigan Drive near U.S. 31.
One person suffered minor injuries in a two-car crash Thursday morning at the intersection of Taft Street and 174th Avenue in Spring Lake Township.
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office deputies are participating in a “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign that started Thursday and continues through July 24.
A motorcyclist was seriously injured when a car struck him Thursday morning at the intersection of Port Sheldon Road and 104th Avenue in Olive Township.
An Allendale couple in their 70s were injured when their car rolled over after being struck by another vehicle Wednesday afternoon.
Four people were injured in a one-car rollover crash early Tuesday morning on I-96 in Wright Township.
A woman was injured when a boat caught on fire early Monday afternoon at a Spring Lake marina’s fuel dock.
TALLMADGE TWP. — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office assisted in recovering several dogs that had been stolen from an Ohio breeder.
How many more tragedies will it take before “flip, float and follow” becomes as commonplace as “stop, drop and roll”?
Milk spilled from an overturned semitrailer shut down traffic for several hours Friday morning along a freeway in southern Ottawa County.
This case is about gross negligence and ordinary care, prosecuting attorney Cara Wilkinson told the jury Thursday morning during closing arguments for the trial of Jaron Paul Chatman.
Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases Wednesday afternoon in the trial of an Ottawa County man accused of fatally shooting his wife in 2019.
COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have loosened enough so that Ottawa County has started up jury trials again.
An 86-year-old Zeeland Township man died Tuesday following a two-vehicle crash over the weekend.
A jury was seated Tuesday afternoon for the trial of a Coopersville man charged with an alleged accidental shooting that led to the death of his wife just days later.
One man was injured in a motorcycle crash early Saturday morning in the area of Johnson Street and 16th Avenue in Tallmadge Township.
A 26-year-old Grand Haven-area man was injured while riding an all-terrain vehicle late Friday night on trails near 118th Avenue and North Cedar Street in Robinson Township.
Police are seeking information on a stabbing that occurred late Friday night at a Holland Township restaurant.
Paramedics transported one driver to an area hospital following a three-vehicle crash Thursday morning at the intersection of M-104 and 144th Avenue in Crockery Township.
A Spring Lake woman, who said she was “in a bad spot” when her husband was sent to prison for sexually abusing a teen girl who had played on a club softball team he helped coach, was sentenced this week for a drug charge.
Ferrysburg is hosting its annual Cops and Cones event this Saturday from 1-3 p.m.
A Muskegon-area man is hospitalized in critical condition after a one-car crash Tuesday evening on I-96 in Crockery Township, police said.
Three teenagers were injured in a one-vehicle crash at noon Tuesday in the area of Taft Road and 30th Avenue in Wright Township.
A Norton Shores woman was injured and a dozen headstones were damaged in a crash at the Spring Lake Township Cemetery early Tuesday morning.
A 29-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after breaking through a window and jumping from a two-story roof at North Ottawa Community Hospital late Monday morning.
A 28-year-old Ravenna man was seriously injured in a truck-versus-tree crash Monday morning in Crockery Township.
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