Norton Shores News

Valerie Wilkes of Norton Shores had called the Chronicle earlier this spring, upset that MDOT was removing trees that blocked noise and pollution from Seaway Drive and put up a chain-link fence in their place.

Firefighters from three departments battle a house fire on North Shore Drive across the Grand Haven channel from Grand Haven State Park.

A former Navy man who returned home following a helicopter incident in combat has found solace in fishing and helping veterans.

Terry Glenn Doxey has pleaded guilty to aggravated indecent exposure for exposing himself outside the Muskegon County Jail so his jailed girlfriend could watch.

The next chapter in the Muskegon area's move toward better waste management will be in commercial composting of organic materials, sustainability officials claim.

Alyssa Lynn Bartlett, 23, of Norton Shores, 18 months probation for false report of a felony, $498 fees/costs, 25 hours community service.

There have been wars since, but none most unpopular as the Vietnam War, said Gary Ostrom, a Norton Shores city council member, to a crowd of hundreds.

A proposed Norton Shores development would have a grocery store, post office and a theater - all within a library building.

One or several people did about $100 worth of damage in Ross Park last weekend and the Norton Shores City Council wants to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Officers were dispatched at about 11:36 p.m. May 16 to a store at 3416 Henry St.

Police are looking for a home invasion suspect that was caught close-up by a wildlife surveillance camera a homeowner had placed on their property.

Muskegon County leaders in the public and private sectors lauded Muskegon Mayor Steve Warmington for his decade of leadership on community development and service consolidation.

The council considered giving priority to local businesses who submitted a bid for a public project that wasn't the lowest, but came within a certain percentage of the lowest bid.

NORTON SHORES, Mich. -- Police are searching for a gunman involved in a drive-by shooting at a Norton Shores gas station.

A suspect fired at least six shots at a vehicle in the parking lot of a Norton Shores gas station early Monday and fled the scene with the victim's vehicle not far behind, police said.

Gas prices in West Michigan are up 4 cents over a week ago, averaging $3.74 ahead of Memorial Day weekend, according to Dearborn-based auto club AAA of Michigan .

Commenters have had plenty to say on a story about a Norton Shores medical-marijuana cardholder charged with a felony after drug-enforcement police allegedly found nearly twice the allowable number of marijuana plants growing in his home.

Roosevelt Fitzgerald Burt Jr., 22, of Roosevelt Park, 84 days jail, one year probation for controlled substance possession less than 25 grams, $1,098 fees/costs, tether for 60 days after jail term is complete.

Thomas Galloway, a leading high-end homebuilder in the Muskegon area and until recently a volunteer assistant girls' softball coach at Muskegon Community College, has been charged with felony marijuana manufacture and faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is planning to move into a former KFC at 715 W. Norton sometime this year, general manager Percy Bean said.