Montague News

Former Mayor Steve Warmington stepped to the podium during public comments before the Muskegon City Commission to have a "proactive" conversation with commissioners on a new downtown farmers market.

The accident was reported around 2:45 p.m. Thursday afternoon at Whitbeck and Fruitvale roads.

One person died after this minivan crashed into a small car at Whitbeck and Fruitvale roads in Montague Township on Thursday, May 16.

The view on Thursday, January 31, 2013 of the washed out Hancock Road in Muskegon CountyA AAA AAA s White River Township between Chase and Indian Bay roads near Montague.

The citizen group Back Off Walmart-Not Our Town has been active in the White Lake Community trying to get each municipality to accept a resolution opposing the construction of a new Walmart Super Center in Whitehall Township.

Jon Rooks and Parkland Development owns the Shoreline Inn and Conference Center, Lake House restaurant and Terrace Point Marina in Muskegon.

Jennifer James said her life has changed since a clerk was abducted from a Norton Shores gas station late last month.

Amanda Raye Tovar, 31, of 511 S. Mears St., Whitehall, was convicted of impaired driving and was sentenced to 93 days in jail to be served at the court's discretion with credit given for time served.

"Your sons are at no greater risk for cancer," the doctor assured my husband after Doug's cancer diagnosis at age 33.

The Wildcats took over The Loading Dock and had "a starry night in Paris" themed dance on the first summer-like Saturday night of the year.

Some Michigan lawmakers are considering whether surveillance cameras or other security measures should be required at certain businesses following the disappearance of a 25-year-old mother and gas station night clerk.

The abduction of a lone gas station clerk, Jessica Heeringa , working the night shift in a business without any surveillance cameras or other security devices in place is prompting some Muskegon-area elected officials to explore the idea of mandating such measures.

A 32-year-old Montague-area man has been charged with two felony assault charges for reportedly stabbing another man with gardening shears on Sunday.

A Montague man who allegedly stabbed and seriously wounded another man and then assaulted his own son later tried to disarm a sheriff's deputy at a local hospital, police say.

The fire was reported around 2:50 p.m. Friday, April 26, in the 5900 block of Danc Road, which runs along the east side of U.S. 31 southwest of the village of Lakewood Club.

"It is the sure death of any main street," says opponent Shirley Draft. "Whitehall-Montague will have a slow, agonizing death, for sure." Representatives from Walmart unveiled renderings of the proposed store, which be located at the Holton-Whitehall Road interchange of U.S. 31.

Sharon Sargent Eckstein's oil painting 'Michigan Wet Land' is the first place prize in a raffle in which the funds will go toward protecting the White River Barrier Dunes Sanctuary.

Martin Baltazar Chavez, 20, of Fruitport Township, 90 days Muskegon County Jail, 18 months probation for carrying concealed weapon, $716 fees/costs. Robin Renee Dehoff, 51, of Montague, 15 days jail.

After upsetting the public at their last meeting by voting against a resolution opposing Walmart by a tie vote, the Montague City Council decided not to reconsider the motion at their meeting on Monday.