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Jenison, MI (WGHN) - (WGHN) - Federal investigators say pilot error caused a small plane crash this summer at Riverview Airport in Georgetown Township. The National Transportation Safety Board found the Cessna 177 veered off the runway during takeoff on July 8 and crashed into a nearby gravel pit pond. An 84-year-old H...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The Momentum Center is launching a new initiative to support local residents impacted by the uncertainty of SNAP benefits. Beginning this month, the organization will host Free Food Fridays at its Grand Haven location, offering warm, nourishing meals for anyone in the community. The first Free ...

(Jamestown Township, MI) - A 12-year-old girl from Hudsonville is hospitalized after she was hit by an SUV while trying to cross Greenly Street in Jamestown Township. The crash happened around 3:15 yesterday afternoon, and she suffered serious injuries. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says the girl did not see the S...

(Saline Township, MI) -- A proposed multi-billion-dollar AI data center in Saline Township is getting plenty of pushback from residents. Josh Lebaron and Kathryn Haushalter are among those who spoke out against it last night at the township board meeting.

Washington, DC - Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after voting to end the Democrat Shutdown and reopen the federal government. "This shutdown was totally avoidable and unnecessary. I hope Democrats in Washington take a long hard look in the mirror. Their actions denied our militar...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Wednesday, November 13, 2025 Rep. Hillary Scholten released the following statement on her vote on the Senate-passed deal to reopen the government. "Since the beginning of this debate, I have been clear: I will vote for a funding package for our country when it addresses the Republican-creat...

Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - The Michigan Department of Transportation says lane closures for road work are scheduled for today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on eastbound M-104 (Cleveland Street) between 144th and 140th avenues. In Nunica lane closures for guardrail repair are scheduled for today (Wednesday) from 9 a.m. to 3 p....

Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is hosting another Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events "CRASE" class offers thought-provoking and eye-opening strategies for surviving an active shooter event. There is no cost for the class, but registration is required, and space is limit...

(Rochester Hills, MI) - A teen missing from the east side of Michigan may be in West Michigan. Authorities say 17-year-old Janella Nicholas was last seen last Friday getting off her school bus in Rochester Hills and then getting into an older Jeep Cherokee with an unknown person. She is described as being five-five, ha...

(Ottawa County, MI) - A former West Ottawa Middle School teacher is entering a plea deal following accusations of inappropriately touching students. In court this week, 24-year-old Noah DeHollander pled no contest to multiple counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. DeHollander was accused of inappropriately to...

(Lansing, MI) - State Representative John Roth is proposing enacting a three-percent tax on short-term rentals in Michigan that are booked online through platforms like VRBO and Airbnb. Tourism is big business in Michigan and he says the tax would only apply if local voters support it and it would have an opt-out possi...

Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - An Indiana man will spend at least five years in prison for selling stolen pontoon boats in Ottawa County. (Story) Forty-three-year-old Lance Allen Holland of Fort Wayne admitted to selling three stolen boats to a Jamestown buyer last year. Investigators say the pontoons were taken from deale...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - Grand Valley State University officials say they will admit all current or former U.S. Armed Forces members who serve or served honorably guaranteed admission to the school. GVSU will also give them 500-dollars per semester toward their tuition. The university announced the GVSU Military Promise ye...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The City of Grand Haven recently held a town hall last week and learned about what's next for t's next for Harbor Island. The 11-acre island has sat contaminated and largely unused since the J.B. Sims power plant shut down in 2020. Over the past several months, contractors removed coal and coal...

(South Haven, MI) - The South Haven city council will review a 93-page report from consultants on re-launching a lifeguard program on the Lake Michigan beaches next Monday. If the council approves the framework, lifeguards will be on South Beach seven days a week in 2026 and 2027 and expand to North Beach in 2028 and 2...

(Washington, DC) - President Trump has pardoned the 16 Republican electors who were charged for signing a certificate declaring they were the duly elected electors in the 2020 presidential election. Attorney General Dana Nessel says the federal pardon does not apply to the state charges she filed against them. Ingham C...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has directed its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program vendor to once again start issuing full SNAP benefits for November. SNAP recipients who normally get their payments on the ninth day of the month should receive their full payment within the n...

(Undated) - Today is Veterans Day, the day set aside to honor the millions who have worn the United States Armed Forces uniform. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, more than 40 million men and women have served in the military over the course of the nation's history. Today, the total number of living U.S....

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - As the City of Grand Haven wraps up the Fulton Street project next year Columbus street will be on the list says Mayor Bob Monetza. Council approved the budgeted amount of $26,500.00 to Abonmarche to provide Engineering Services for the 2025/2026 Street Resurfacing program. The Fulton Street $...

Grand Haven Twp., MI (WGHN) -No one was hurt in a rollover crash Sunday afternoon in Grand Haven Township. Deputies were called to U.S. 31 near Lake Michigan Drive around 2:45 p.m. and found a Ford Escape overturned in the southbound lanes. Investigators say the Escape had been traveling north when it was hit from behi...

(Detroit, MI) - The Parade Company is working hard to be prepared to hold America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit in less than three weeks. Senior operations director Don Morris says most of the route along Woodward Avenue is a straight shot, but there are parts where they will need to be able to turn and do so saf...

(Detroit, MI) - The freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago today in Lake Superior, claiming the lives of the 29 crewmen aboard. Their family members gathered at Mariners' Church in Detroit yesterday to commemorate the shipwreck, with the bell ringing 29 times to honor the men who died. The Edmund Fitzgerald was ...

(Washington, DC) - Michigan's U.S. Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin both voted against the bill that passed to start reopening the federal government. Peters says he voted against the bill because he can't support "a deal that doesn't take immediate action to prevent Michiganders' health care costs from sky...

OLIVE TOWNSHIP, MI (WGHN) - Two people were injured in a crash that closed 120th Avenue for several hours Friday afternoon just after 2:00 p.m. Deputies with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office say a 37-year-old West Olive woman was headed east on Stanton Street in a GMC Suburban when she failed to stop at the stop sig...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - The number of Michigan residents with credit cards which are delinquent is increasing. That's according to WalletHub, which says credit card delinquency's are up by nearly 27-percent in the state. Michigan is ranked as having the tenth highest rate of credit card delinquency in the country.

(Muskegon County, MI) - A deadly officer involved shooting in Muskegon County is under investigation. Authorities say that early Friday morning, police were called to the Comfort Inn in Whitehall for a wellness check. The person rushed at officers with a box cutter, resulting in officers opening fire. No further detail...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Love in Action of the Tri Cities has canceled their Thanksgiving Feast for this year. Executive Director Josh Bytwerk tells WGHN news that licensing requirements for a chef, despite St. Patrick's Church's generous hosting offer and amazing volunteers. With rising food needs in the area, they ar...

(Romulus, MI) - The ongoing federal government shutdown is likely going to impact flight availability at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. David Fishman is the owner of Cadillac Travel Group and says customers are worried.

(Lansing, MI) -- The conditions of roads and bridges statewide are up for the fourth straight two-year period according to a report from the Transportation Asset Management Council. Of the roads eligible for federal aid in 2024, 28-percent are in good condition, 40-percent are in fair condition, and 32-percent are in p...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says they will pay full SNAP benefits to one-point-four million residents once they receive the federal funding. That follows a federal judge's order yesterday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture fully restore the benefits for November. The DHHS h...