CRIME & SAFETY
‘I killed somebody’: Suspect used sword in NW Grand Rapids homicide, docs say
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The suspect in a northwest Grand Rapids homicide used a sword to kill Lynn Edward Jones earlier this week, according to court documents obtained by FOX 17. Jones was fatally injured after reports of a stabbing near Alpine Avenue and Seventh Street on Sunday, according...
1 hospitalized with serious injuries after US-131 crash near Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Monday morning after a crash on US-131. The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. on northbound US-131 south of West River, according to Michigan State Police. Arraignment: Teen charged with murder in Kalamazoo Jackson Street shooting.
No one injured after house fire in Grand Rapids Wednesday
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Fire Department responded to a house fire in Grand Rapids on Wednesday. According to the Grand Rapids Fire Department (GRFD), crews responded to a home in the 500 block of Woodlawn on Wednesday afternoon for reports of heavy black smoke. Crews said...
Cedar Springs man arrested for allegedly stealing $30,000 worth of items
CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — A Cedar Springs man is facing charges for allegedly stealing $30,000 worth of property from throughout the state. 50-year-old Dannon Semposki, of Cedar Springs, was arrested last week. Deputies said stolen property including construction tools and a refrigerator were recovered from a home in Solon Township and connected to Semposki.
State police trooper who struck and killed Samuel Sterling ‘heartbroken’ by death, attorney says
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A state police trooper who drove an unmarked cruiser and fatally struck Samuel Sterling -- a man a fugitive team sought to arrest -- is heartbroken by the death, his attorney said. Norton Shores attorney Marc Curtis indicated he is representing the trooper. Sterling, 25, was...
West Michigan native critically injured after falling 1,000 feet while ice climbing at Denali National Park
DENALI PARK, Alaska — A Grandville woman is in a hospital in Alaska after falling 1,000 feet while ice climbing at Denali National Park. Melissa Orzechowski, 30, is a graduate of Grandville High School and Northern Michigan University, where she was named the 2016 Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees’ Outstanding Student.
March for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People returning to Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - People across West Michigan are preparing to peacefully march through downtown Grand Rapids this week in support of missing Indigenous women and girls. Participants are asked to gather at noon Friday, May 3, at Ah-Nab-Awen Park, 220 Front Ave. NW for the rally, followed by the march in downtown. Hundreds of Natives and non-Native allies marched in 2023 to observe National Missing Murdered and Indigenous Awareness Day.
Man, 73, hospitalized after rear-ending dump truck west of Grand Rapids
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI — A 73-year-old male was hospitalized with serious injuries Tuesday afternoon after rear-ending a dump truck in Tallmadge Township. Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene, on Lake Michigan Drive near Linden Drive, shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April, 30. If you purchase...
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