Suspect released from prison, arrested for theft in days before grandmother...
Records show a troubled history stretching years before Jamie Jackson is accused of killing his 82-year-old grandmother in Wyoming.
View Article'I just wept': Hudsonville man plans dignified burial for Electric Forest baby
When a Hudsonville dad learned about a baby found dead in a porta potty at the Electric Forest music festival, he couldn’t just take in the horrific news and walk away.
View ArticleBaby found dead at Electric Forest was a girl, record says
The baby found dead at the Electric Forest music festival was a girl, according to a death certificate filed Friday with the Oceana County Clerk's Office.
View ArticleNeighbors: 82-year-old found dead outside home was kind, trusting
Neighbors say an 82-year-old woman found dead outside her Wyoming home was quiet, kind and giving, with a trusting nature that may have put her in harm's way.
View ArticleWest Michigan dad loses $5,500 in scam targeting parents with jailed children
A West Michigan dad lost $5,500 to scammers, believing he was securing his son’s release from the Allegan County Jail.
View ArticleMan ordered to trial in death of girlfriend's husband
A case against a Rockford man who is accused of running over his girlfriend’s estranged husband is moving forward.
View ArticleBaby found in campground toilet in 1997 ID'd through genetic genealogy
Three decades before a baby was found dead in a porta potty at a music festival in Rothbury, a cleaning crew at a campground in Michigan's Upper Peninsula made a similarly horrifying discovery.
View ArticleThe Lost House: Family forced out as rent-to-own deal breaks down
Adam and Kelsey Bocks were working to buy a house in a manufactured home community near Holland on a rent-to-own deal, but it quickly went sour.
View ArticleConvicted killer Jeffrey Willis seeks new trials in two murders
Twelve years and a day after Rebekah Bletsch was gunned down along a rural road north of Muskegon, Jeffrey Willis was back in a Muskegon County courtroom, claiming he was wrongfully convicted of her...
View ArticleRockford murder suspect's dashcam video documented deadly night
Dashcam video released by Rockford Department of Public Safety documented the night last December that a domestic triangle turned deadly.
View ArticleGRPD email: 'Deportation warrant' search of Flock cameras was likely ATF
More than a year after an immigration-related search of Flock camera data in Grand Rapids drew outrage, an internal email released by police appears to solve the “whodunnit” mystery surrounding the query.
View ArticleVideo: Deputies nab suspect in attempted $700,000 gold coin scam
Video shows Kent County Sheriff's Office deputies converging on a suspected scam courier accused of trying to make off with some $700,000 in gold coins from a West Michigan widow.
View ArticleAccused scammer gets chocolate coins, not $700,000 in gold
Told her Social Security funds were being used to support terrorism, a widow was directed to buy $700,000 in gold — but an alert store owner intervened before crooks could make off with her money,...
View ArticleNo Narcan ads on buses: The Rapid says they incite law-breaking
The Rapid Board of Directors rejected The Red Project's campaign to promote Naloxone, saying it incites breaking the law.
View Article'What in the world?': Sex offender reports confrontation, assault by kids
A registered sex offender in Allegan County said strangers showed up at his home early Sunday morning and assaulted him.
View ArticleRecords: Man shot by GRPD had served prison time for murder as a teen
The man shot and killed by Grand Rapids police over the weekend on the city's West Side had a long history of mental illness and had served time for a murder committed when he was a teenager, records...
View ArticleConvicted nursing home serial killer: 'Nobody killed their loved ones'
A former nurse's aide convicted of being a serial killer — of suffocating five patients at Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Walker nearly 40 years ago — realizes a request for a governor's pardon is likely...
View Article'Rot in hell': Family will fight to keep convicted Alpine Manor killer in prison
Relatives of some of the five victims in the Alpine Manor Nursing Home murders nearly 40 years ago say they will fight to keep one of the convicted killers in prison for life.
View ArticleFormer Alpine Manor nurse's aide convicted in five deaths asks for clemency
A former nurse's aide convicted of killing five elderly patients at a nursing home in Walker nearly 40 years ago has asked the governor for a pardon.
View ArticleJeff Titus, who spent 21 years in prison after wrongful conviction, gets...
A wrongfully convicted man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the murders of two hunters will get millions in a settlement reached on Monday.
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