Suspicious House Fire in Crockery Township
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - A suspicious house fire in Crockery Township had the Sheriff's Office as well as Crockery and Spring Lake Township Fire departments on the scene in the 12000 block of Taft. On person sustained a minor injury and was transported to an area hospital. Multiple other people on the scene were inter...
Apr 19, 2024
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Grand Haven Area Public Schools Schedule Three Candidates for Second Round Interviews for Superintendency and Candidate Open House
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The Grand Haven Area Public School's Board of Education has scheduled the following three candidates for second round interviews for Tuesday, April 23, 2024. They are as follows: 5:30 p.m. - Kristin Perkowski, MA, Associate Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction,Traverse City Area P...
Apr 19, 2024
State House Democrats Looking To Spend For Ads
(Lansing, MI) - Michigan House Democrats will be spending around ten-and-a-half-million-dollars on TV ads this fall as they work to keep their majority. Nearly eight-million-dollars will be spent on metro Detroit races, with money also heading to the Grand Rapids, Flint, Traverse City, Marquette, and South Bend, Indian...
Apr 19, 2024
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Trinity Health Grand Haven President Shelleye Yaklin to Retire After 17 Years of Leadership
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - Trinity Health Michigan today announced that Trinity Health Grand Haven President Shelleye Yaklin will retire at the end of April, and Gary Allore will serve as the hospital's next president starting May 1. Yaklin joined the Grand Haven hospital - then known as North Ottawa Community Health System ...
Apr 19, 2024
RFK Jr. Secures Ballot Access In Michigan
(Lansing, MI) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be on Michigan's presidential ballot in November under the Natural Law Party nominee. Kennedy was working on collecting 12-thousand signatures needed to be on the ballot as an independent candidate, and the Natural Law Party freed him from that by making Kennedy their nominee....
Apr 19, 2024
Sarah Matwiejczyk Running for Ottawa County Prosecutor
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Chief assistant prosecutor Sarah Matwiejczyk has announced her continued commitment to Ottawa County by running for Ottawa County Prosecutor after the current Prosecutor, Lee Fisher, retires in 2024. Matwiejczyk will run as a Republican. Matwiejczyk has served the community at the Ottawa County...
Apr 18, 2024
Teen Bicyclist Struck by Vehicle in Holland
Holland, MI (WGHN) - A 15-year-old bicyclist sustained moderate injuries Thursday evening around 7:15 p.m. on Ottawa Beach Rd west of Waukazoo Dr in Park Twp after being struck by a 2013 KIA Optima. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says that a 2013 Kia Optima, driven by a 22 year old female from Holland, was travelin...
Apr 18, 2024
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Federal Regulators Hold Forum On Future Of Palisades Nuclear Plant
(Benton Township, MI) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert Township near South Haven to ensure when it restarts it will be safe. The NRC held a forum last night at Lake Michigan College in Benton Township about the work in front of them as Holtec is trying to bec...
Apr 18, 2024
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Women accused of embezzling over $120,000
Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - An Ottawa County woman is facing charges after she allegedly embezzled over $120,000. 44-year-old Mandy Barlow, of Robinson Township, was taken into custody and arraigned last week. She has been charged with embezzlement over $100,000 and use of a computer to commit a crime. The investigation b...
Apr 18, 2024
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Justice Department To Pay $100 Million To Nassar Victims
(Washington, DC) - The Justice Department is paying over 100-million dollars to the victims of Larry Nassar. The Wall Street Journal reports the department agreed to make the payment as compensation for the FBI's mishandling of the investigation into the former USA Gymnastics team doctor. A report from the Justice Depa...
Apr 18, 2024
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Tornado Warning Prompts State House Evacuation
(Lansing, MI) - A tornado warning in the Lansing area yesterday afternoon resulted in the Michigan House of Representatives being evacuated. Representatives and staff were ushered out of the chamber just before 2 p.m. and sent to the lower levels of the Capitol. They returned by 2:30 p.m. The storm passed the area with...
Apr 18, 2024
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State Representative To Ask Whitmer To Send National Guard To Texas
(Grand Rapids, MI) - State Representative Bryan Posthumus, a Republican from west Michigan, will be asking Governor Whitmer to send National Guard troops to Texas to help that state in the immigration crisis. Posthumus is requesting around three-thousand troops be sent but has not yet talked to the governor. Indiana an...
Apr 18, 2024