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Dry air, gusty winds prompt Red Flag Warning for West Michigan
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Due to gusty winds and dry air, a Red Flag Warning will go into effect starting at noon Monday. This alert applies to Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, Kent, Muskegon, Newaygo and Van Buren Counties, according to the National Weather Service. Until the warning is cleared, West...
Former Michigan police chief pleads guilty to drug possession
VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - A former Michigan police chief pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges. Tressa Beltran, who was the police chief of Hartford in Van Buren County, admitted to charges of delivering or possessing with the intent to deliver less than 50 grams of a controlled substance and using a computer to commit a crime. Her plea includes a minimum sentence of two years to a little more than three years behind bars, and she could spend a max of 20 years in prison.
‘You obviously only care about yourself’: Man gets prison for killing road worker
VAN BUREN COUNTY, MI — More than two dozen coworkers of Rene Rangel Jr.’s entered a courtroom Monday morning wearing bright yellow Van Buren County Road Commission T-shirts with Rangel’s name across the back. Together, they filled in each of the five rows behind Rangel’s grieving family....
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