Bloomingdale News

The Van Buren County Sheriff's Department says seniors are being victimized by con-men who tell them they have won a big prize and then clean out their bank accounts, this time the scammers are Jamaicans.

A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in a domestic violence case was given a five-day suspension Tuesday by Chief Jeff Hadley.

Three young men, who broke into Jan's Trail Side Caf in the city of Gobles and not only cleaned out the cash register, but the freezer as well, are sitting in the Van Buren County jail facing prosecution for breaking and entering.

Van Buren County Sheriff's deputies arrested three men who they suspect robbed Jan's Trailside Cafe in Gobles , among other businesses.

Investigators are still trying to piece together exactly what happened last week in the moments before Ryan Tapper was killed in an accidental shooting at a friend's home, police said Tuesday.