MUSKEGON COUNTY — Muskegon police have arrested two suspects they believe have been attempting to defraud several senior citizens out of thousands of dollars.
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MUSKEGON — More than 250 grams of illegal drugs were seized from two Muskegon homes and a man was arrested Wednesday by the West Michigan Enforcement Team.
PARK TWP. — A 21-year-old man has been arraigned on three charges related to firing a handgun several times early Monday morning at a Holland-area home.
DETROIT (AP) — Traffic crashes in the U.S. cost society $340 billion in one year, or just over $1,000 for each of the country's 328 million people, according to a study by safety regulators.
BYRON CENTER — The Kent County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Grand Rapids-area orthodontist on charges of child pornography.
This past summer, a Grand Haven police officer was enjoying a day off from work by spending time at the beach with his family when he dropped everything to save a drowning man.
An SUV collided with a pickup truck on 120th Avenue in Robinson Township on Christmas Day, sending the two occupants of the SUV to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
An incoming Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System board member was shot and killed in his home Monday, but the incident was not related to the post he was supposed to start early next year, police said.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and Zeeland Police Department are partnering to collect donations for local families in need.
ALLENDALE TWP. — A Grand Haven woman was involved in a two-vehicle crash near Allendale on Monday afternoon, police said.
One suspect is in jail while another is out on bond, but both are facing felony charges for stealing more than $50,000 in checks from Ottawa County businesses.
HOLLAND TWP. — Police have released the name of the Holland man who they say held up a Holland-area bakery earlier this week at gun point.
HOLLAND TWP. — A 60-year-old Holland man has been arrested for the armed robbery of a Holland-area bakery Tuesday morning.
A man wanted for the alleged groping of women inside stores in Coopersville and Grand Haven Township has been arrested, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.
A Holland woman has been formally charged with several crimes related to a stolen vehicle from the Holland area that ended when she tried to use a stolen credit card at a gas station in Grand Haven Township early Monday, police said.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is attempting to locate a suspect related to two separate incidents of inappropriately touching women in stores in the Grand Haven and Coopersville areas late last month.
Two Zeeland residents were sent to an area hospital in critical condition following a two-car crash near Allendale on Tuesday.
The Grand Haven Department of Public Safety received a third-party call at 3:18 p.m. Tuesday that was “suspicious in nature,” Capt. Lee Adams said in a news release.
FREMONT — Police are asking for assistance in locating a missing family from Fremont.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office wants to create more awareness about illegal school bus passing during National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 17-21.
ALLENDALE — Two teenagers were arrested early Sunday morning in Allendale for illegally carrying weapons in a vehicle, police said.
A Grand Haven man was pulled from his car after it struck a semi-truck, and then ran off the road where it struck a tree and caught on fire early Monday evening, police said.
A West Olive woman and an Indiana man were both injured after their vehicles collided in traffic that was backed up due to road work on U.S. 31 on Monday afternoon, police said.
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A man suffering from an “unknown medical condition” died Friday morning after a car crash on Beacon Boulevard in Grand Haven.
WRIGHT TWP. — A Coopersville-area teenager was flown to an area hospital after suffering serious injuries when her pickup truck crashed into farm machinery in Wright Township on Friday afternoon.
Three males from an overturned sailboat in a rough Lake Michigan were rescued Thursday evening by deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office.
ALLENDALE — Four victims were treated for gunshot wounds after a shooting early Sunday morning at an apartment complex near Grand Valley State University.
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OLIVE TWP. — Police are looking for five unknown suspects who broke into a residence on the grounds of a Buddhist temple in Olive Township and stole items from it earlier this week.
An 82-year-old Spring Lake man was sent to the hospital with critical injuries Friday afternoon after driving through a stop sign and colliding with another vehicle, police said.
A West Ottawa High School varsity football player is in stable but critical condition after losing control of his car and hitting multiple trees earlier this week.
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A Grand Haven Township man missing for more than a week was found dead Wednesday afternoon.
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(Update: Wednesday, 8:45 p.m.) A Grand Haven Township man who police say had been missing since Aug. 30 was found dead in nearby woods Wednesday afternoon.
A Grand Haven woman reported to police that she was attacked and sexually assaulted early Monday morning in an alley on the city’s east side.
A mechanical failure that stopped a semi-truck from being able to move caused a traffic jam in Grand Haven for about an hour Thursday morning.
ALLENDALE — The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a pair of burglaries that occurred at Life Stream Church, 6561 Lake Michigan Drive in Allendale Township, that took place late last week.
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COOPERSVILLE — The body found in a storm sewer in Coopersville this week has been positively identified as that of a missing Coopersville resident, police said.
BLENDON TWP. — Two men were injured in a three-car crash in Blendon Township on Thursday morning.
COOPERSVILLE — One driver was sent to an area hospital with injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle crash in a Coopersville intersection on Tuesday afternoon.
GRAND RAPIDS — Two West Michigan police officers shot and wounded a man early Thursday after he pointed a gun at them as they investigated reports of car break-ins, police said.
The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a string of larcenies from commercial mailboxes throughout the county.
ALLENDALE TWP. — Two Grand Haven residents were sent to the hospital after being injured in a two-car crash in the Allendale area Friday afternoon.
GEORGETOWN TWP. — One of five occupants of a Jeep that collided with a gravel truck in Georgetown Township on Wednesday afternoon died in the crash, and the other four were seriously injured, police said.
About 40 cyclists came through town Monday on the Thin Blue Shoreline Ride in memory of fallen police officers.
PARK TWP. — A motorcyclist was airlifted to a Grand Rapids hospital after being struck by a van on Holland’s north side Tuesday afternoon.
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 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.
A two-car collision left both vehicles in a field Friday morning on the east side of U.S. 31 in the Holland area.
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.
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