Muskegon Heights News

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, Mich. - Police have arrested a Muskegon Heights man after they say he threw the family cat up to 20 times, possibly breaking the animal's back and leg.

What started as a routine traffic stop turned into a huge drug bust. The Ingham County Sheriff's Department says a deputy found 100 pounds of pot after pulling someone over on Monday.

Add Hart and Pentwater to the list of area communities receiving state help in an attempt to revitalize their downtowns.

A 25-year-old Muskegon Heights man has been sentenced to prison for an armed assault on another man in April.

First, police say, four teens got together and decided they wanted a flat-screen TV.

Linda Karell said the past 365 days have been the worst of hers and her family's lives.

A cigarette accidentally dropped inside a couch is believed to have started a fire early Tuesday that destroyed a roughly century-old, three-story apartment building near downtown Muskegon.

Several fire departments continue to battle a fire at a high rise apartment complex in Muskegon.

A judge has denied bail for three suspects tied to the murder of a 69-year-old man this weekend in Muskegon.

Charles Young, left, and T.J. Johnson unload a pallet of potatoes from the Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank truck at Hope Lighthouse Ministries Thursday morning.

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Three suspects in the weekend murder of 69-year-old Willie C. Rice in his Muskegon home, and a woman charged with trying to cover it up, were arraigned Tuesday morning.

Another West Michigan plant is closing. News reports say Lift-Tech International will shut down operations in Muskegon Heights by the end of the year.

Prospective candidates are beginning to put campaign organizations together for 2010, as a longtime Democratic activist sets her sights on the 92nd District Michigan House of Representatives seat.

By next year a West Michigan business plans to close its doors, leaving almost 300 people without a job.

A Muskegon Heights man has been sentenced to jail and probation after pleading no contest to helping operate a stolen-vehicle "chop shop." Frederick Lee Williams, 38, of 570 Howell was sentenced Tuesday to 10 months in jail and 2A1 2 years on probation for operating a chop shop and being a third-time habitual offender.

Commencement ceremonies for 865 graduating students from Baker College of Muskegon will be 7 p.m. Friday at the L.C. Walker Arena and Conference Center in downtown Muskegon.

Edwin Westin spent a lifetime serving his community. Westin served in the United States Army, and was a police officer in Norton Shores for 26 years.

The Muskegon Heights City Council on Monday is prepared to reject a recommendation by a water advisory committee to reduce municipal water rates.

The Muskegon Heights city council on Monday rejected a request from Fruitport Township and Norton Shores to lower their municipal water rates.