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Police say the vehicle was stolen and no one was found inside Credit: 13 ON YOUR SIDE Dive teams search a vehicle in the Grand River near Millennium Park Author: Brad Ivey (WZZM13) Updated: 3:19 AM EDT May 3, 2021 WALKER, Mich. — Police say a vehicle found early Monday morning submerged in the Grand River had been stolen.  Dive teams and search crews found the vehicle submerged in the river near the Veterans Boat Launch off Veterans Memorial Drive SW in Walker...

7-Eleven clerk testifies accused teen robber held gun to head, threatened to kill him Updated Mar 17, 2021; Facebook Share BAY CITY, MI — Testifying in court, a 69-year-old 7-Eleven clerk described being robbed at gunpoint by a teenager who threatened to kill him, an experience that left him reeling and mentally traumatized. “He had the gun pointed right at my head,” Timothy Schroeder testified. “I was not harmed physically at all, but I was harmed mentally.” Schroeder testified in B...

HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) -- Holland police had to close the River Avenue-16th Street intersection Monday, March 15, 2021, to deal with a traffic crash tha...

An Erie Township Police officer pulled over a wrong-way driver Saturday in the southbound lanes of I-75; and was praised for his quick thinking during the emergency. Monroe County Central Dispatch got the call around 12:20 p.m., with a report that a white vehicle was driving northbound in the southbound lanes near the Ohio-Michigan state line, according to the news release. Erie Township Officer Derwoed got on southbound I-75 from Exit 2; and saw the vehicle traveling in the wrong direction a...

Three children died Saturday after they were pulled from a burning home in southern Miami County. Miracle Gingerich, 6, Steven Gingerich, 5, and Wilma Gingerich, 1, were pulled from the home by firefighters and taken to area hospitals where they later died, a news release from the Indiana State Police said. Miami County Central Dispatch first received word of the fire at the home at 13475 South Miami County Road 300 East at 10:48 a.m., the release said. The release identified the caller as Laur...

Lake Odessa man killed in tree-cutting accident Sentinel Staff SEBEWA TWP. — A 62-year-old Lake Odessa man died Saturday while he was attempting to cut down a tree, according to the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office. Ionia County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 11:56 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, to Knox Road near Keefer Highway in Sebewa Township in reference to a man injured in a tree-cutting accident. The sheriffs office reported a tree had fallen on top of the man while he was attempting...

Eaton County woman not dressed for below-zero temperatures rescued after 2 hours outside Updated Feb 18, 2021; Posted Feb 18, 2021 Snow on Jacksons south side on Tuesday morning, Feb. 16, 2021. The overnight snowstorm dropped about seven inches of snow on the Jackson area.J. Scott Park | Mlive.com Facebook Share EATON COUNTY, MI – A woman, who police said was not dressed for cold weather, was saved from possible death Tuesday morning. The 42-year-old Muliken woman was driving on Saginaw Hig...

Last update at 7:10 p.m. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Monroe County. There were already Winter Storm Warnings for much of Ohio, Indiana and southern lower Michigan. Monroe County Central Dispatch and local first responders have already been handling spinouts and accidents on the highways. The snowfall forecasts have fluctuated as the path of this storm settles in. Southeast  Michigan is along the north edge of a massive snow and ice storm affecting much of the U.S. The current f...

ESCANABA, MI--   Police are investigating the derailment of a train in Escanaba. Tuesday around 8 p.m. Escanaba Public Safety was dispatched to a site near 19th Avenue North on the west side of the city. They say the accident was not near a residential area and didnt obstruct any traffic.  Both conductors were able to get out of the train and were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.  The nature of the derailment is under investigation and cleanup of the site is ongoing. Delta County ...

An investigation by the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office revealed a man did not intend to rob an Ionia convenience...