Muskegon News

A tragic accident out of Muskegon County tonight. Police say a man "accidentally" ran over a tent where his family was sleeping this morning.

Muskegon Heritage Museum curator Anne Dake, left and her husband, director Allan Dake address and sort mailings to be sent out at the museum at 561 W. Western.

U.S. 31 south of Russell Road in Muskegon County will have lane closures next week.

NORTON SHORES, Mich. - Police in western Michigan say a man fell asleep at the wheel of his parked vehicle and accidentally ran over a tent containing his wife and two young children.

MUSKEGON, Mich. - Police are trying to figure out who stole 10 life rings from Pere Marquette Park in Muskegon over the Independence Day weekend.

A fare war has broken out between Lake Michigan Carferry and its Milwaukee-based competitor Lake Express.

He's only 14, but he already has juvenile felony convictions for arson and possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, plus a pending charge of breaking into an elderly woman's home while she slept.

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.

The ROTHBURY vending area inside the main gate at the Epicenter has a prominent Muskegon presence with the Sweetwater Local Farm Market and EarthTronics having stalls right on the way to the three festival stages.

A 14-year-old wanted for home invasion, sexual assault and felony firearms violations has turned himself in to the Muskegon Police Department.

Deficit spending has reached North Muskegon Public Schools, but the school board managed to adopt a 2009-10 budget with just under $200,000 in cuts.

A last-ditch, 18-hour bargaining session between Muskegon teachers and the school board resulted in a two-year contract that gives teachers a slight raise and administrators more chances to see teachers' lessons plans.

The public is invited to an open house to welcome the new director of Muskegon County Habitat for Humanity.

Seven candidates have expressed an interest in filling a vacancy on the Muskegon school board previously held by Charles Nash.

A group of of children we're out at Muskegon Lake today enjoying their new found love for the water.

The Muskegon Board of Education has set a special meeting for Tuesday to make an appointment to a vacant board seat.

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

"It's pretty devastating that it caught fire like that." said Jocquez Clay who was watching from the street Tuesday afternoon.

'Twenty-four people evacuated' Responding to a fire at 1249 Peck Street in Muskegon, Red Cross Disaster Response volunteers assisted evacuees in the crisp air this early Tuesday morning.

The Women's Division Chamber of Commerce has elected new officers for the fiscal year that began June 1. New officers are Chris Nolan, president; Stacey Bierling, vice president; Mary Kendall, treasurer; Karen Mogdics, corresponding secretary; Pam Babbitt, recording secretary; and Connie Bull, ex-officio. New board members serving three years terms ...