Norton Shores News

Local fire officials are hailing a new law that will require manufacturers sell only self-extinguishing cigarettes in Michigan as of Jan.

Doug Wood, director of the Kent County Department of Public Works and a longtime Norton Shores resident, has been appointed to the vacant Ward 2 Norton Shores City Council seat.

TwiHard's a TwiLiar! A 17-year-old Lakeshore, Michigan girl who accused a man of biting her on the neck during a screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon has confessed she made up the story.

Norton Shores officials appear ready to move forward with selling a small piece of property that may turn out to be part of a large project by Consumers Energy.

A 17 year-old movie-goer who charged that a man bit her on the neck at a movie theater in Norton Shores says that she told the truth, despite the fact that police are now questioning her story.

NORTON SHORES, Mich. - Police in southwestern Michigan are trying to locate a person they say got a little too much into the new film installment of the "Twilight" series.Norton Shores police say the person bit the neck of a fellow movie-goer after a "New Moon" screening on Friday.As of late Tuesday, the suspect had not yet been identified, but ...

A 49-year-old Muskegon Heights motorcyclist has been charged with a felony for allegedly leading a State Police trooper on a chase Sunday that ended with a collision.

Consumers Energy seems to be preparing a site in Norton Shores to be the eventual location of its area service center.

Norton Shores city officials Tuesday are set to discuss a proposal from Fruitport Township that may eventually lead to the two municipalities pulling out of the Muskegon Heights-owned water system.

A Norton Shores registered sex offender could be heading to prison if convicted of new charges.

A Norton Shores man has been arrested after soliciting sex online from an undercover Emmett Township public safety officer posing as a 14-year-old girl.

A sport utility vehicle flipped over and landed on its roof in front of a Norton Shores apartment complex Thursday when its driver tried to swerve to avoid striking another vehicle, police said.

"Where are the snow plows?," angry driver John Beverly asked as several passerbys stopped to help him after he was stuck at the intersection of Le Bouef Street and Sherman Boulevard in Norton Shores about 10:30 AM on Dec.

Five occupants of a home at 427 Oak escaped without injury after flames engulfed the structure Wednesday morning.

World War II veteran Otto Hopma, 90, and his wife, Grayce Hopma, 89, of North Muskegon shade their eyes with American flags at the celebration ceremony for Muskegon's Veterans Memorial Park's 75th anniversary.

Norton Shores' new mayor-elect, who ran as the "change" candidate in Tuesday's election, will be joining a city council with some longtime veterans, overseeing a city hall filled with experienced department heads and leading meetings as the city's first mayor who didn't previously serve on the council.

Norton Shores officials are accepting letters of interest and resumes from potential candidates interested in filling a vacant Ward 2 city council seat.

By day, she was a third-grade teacher. H. Almeda Boulton taught at Marquette Elementary School for 35 years.

Mike Bergey is pictured in the eerie light of his Halloween display in front of his Fruitport Township home, which includes a hearse and graveyard.

The political outsider who spoke about change will take over as Norton Shores' new mayor.