Newaygo News

A 44-year-old man died in a traffic accident in Newaygo on Saturday afternoon. According to the Newaygo Police Department, officers responded to a report of a traffic crash at the intersection of M-37 and Brooks Street at 3:45 p.m. LIFE paramedics treated the involved motorists and the 44-year-old man later was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Flu season arrived earlier than normal this year and area health department officials assume all people with flu-like symptoms have swine flu - the H1N1 virus.

A frigid October, when temperatures in Grand Rapids didn't once crack 70 degrees for the first time on record, didn't spell gloom for everyone.

Despite fears of its demise, West Michigan agriculture is healthy and growing. The report "West Michigan Agriculture: The Status and Conditions" shows agriculture as a $2.4 billion business that provides 26,229 jobs on 9,289 farms.

The U.S. Department of Labor says a check of 35 randomly selected farms in Michigan has led to eight of them being fined more than $36,000 for migrant-housing and child-labor law violations.

MECOSTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. -Mecosta County deputies are searching for a suspect who broke into the Newaygo Boat Club.

Hart played aggressive volleyball but came away with a pair of losses in a triangular competition Thursday at White Cloud.

One man had to be airlifted to the hospital after a crash in Newaygo County left him pinned under his truck.

A Los Angels-based music editor with connections to Oceana County has provided his Emmy-nominated expertise to a new promotional video for the Michigan Great Outdoors campaign.

Salmon runs on the western side of the state are at or near peak conditions, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said.

Fadil Lugendo and his wife, Hawa, sit with their children in their home on the Southeast Side of Grand Rapids.

My name is Tae Yung and I am from China. I was born in Beijing and live in New York City.

It's a trophy that no one is going to miss. Kent County, for the first time in more than a decade, didn't have the most vehicle-deer crashes in Michigan.

A store in Newaygo County's Ensley Township was held up at knifepoint Friday, and the suspect was still at large.

WEST MICHIGAN With more people trying to save money in a tough economy, carpooling is really taking off.

The Michigan Public Service Commission today issued an order approving $1 million in Michigan energy efficiency grants for all customer classes to seven organizations for the fiscal year beginning October 1. "My fellow Commissioners and I are extremely pleased to announce these grants," said MPSC Chairman Orjiakor Isiogu.

Usually it's the media tagging a string of criminal events with a nickname, but investigators with the State Police and Newaygo, Muskegon and Ottawa County's Sheriff's Departments dubbed two men now in custody as the "Pillow Case" burglars.

The Michigan Public Service Commission Tuesday issued an order approving $55 million in low-income energy assistance grants to nine organizations for the fiscal year beginning Oct.

The family of Marty Bulson, who nearly was decapitated by a shovel-wielding friend, is outraged that her killer, Warren Martin Culver, has been released from a psychiatric hospital.