Allegan County News

ALLEGAN COUNTY, Mich. A West Michigan community is grieving the loss of a four-year-old boy, killed by a fire Monday in his home.

Police are investigating the discovery of a burned body found near a burned vehicle in a secluded area just north of South Haven.

The Allegan County Health Department, along with Allegan Healthcare Group Inc., is offering four more H1N1 vaccine clinics.

Allegan County authorities have identified the body of burned man found over the weekend in Casco Twp.

Police say a 52-year-old Allegan man and his 3-year-old nephew were rescued from the roof of a van that had rolled into the Kalamazoo River.

Allegan County District Court Judge Joseph Skocelas has ordered a bench warrant for Quirino Labra-Arteaga, who failed to appear for his probable cause hearing on a charge of drunken driving causing the death of his passenger, 44-year-old Jose Marcos Ramos-Ramos. Labra-Arteaga, 34, was allegedly the driver of the car that crashed around 2 a.m. July ...

A burned body found in Casco Township in Allegan County near a burned out car has been identified as Brandon David Silverlight, 25, of the South Haven area.

Authorities in Allegan County were to conduct an autopsy Monday on a badly-burned body that was found near South Haven over the weekend.

Investigators hope an autopsy will shed new light on a mysterious death in Allegan County Monday.

Casco Township, Allegan County, A burned out car and body were discovered Saturday afternoon.

A gruesome discovery has put one neighborhood near the lakeshore on edge. Police say they found a burned out car and a burned body nearby.

At mid-morning Saturday the spot was vacant but Allegan County detectives have kept a parcel off 74th Street in Casco Township under observance.

The Allegan County Health Department is offering H1N1 vaccinations by appointment at two clinics later this month.

A long court battle over public use of a small beach in southwest Allegan County is apparently nowhere near an end.

Chuck, left, and Ross Brink, of Seldom Rest Hog Farms, say they face tough financial times, made worse by the swine flu scare Few names bug hog farmer Ross Brink as much as the one that burst onto America's radar in spring: Swine flu.

Allegan County fire officials say an abandoned home which was once the old Naughton's Marina in downtown Douglas was destroyed by fire Tuesday night.

An Allegan area couple has been charged with embezzling $441,000 from a Zeeland Township business that runs several West Michigan McDonald's restaurants.

A Holland man will face trial on multiple charges of raping and assaulting a teenage girl in an Allegan home.

Imagine a 7-by-8-foot room with walls 9 feet high totally stuffed with office paper.

An Allegan county couple is behind bars facing embezzlement charges after a Zeeland business owner discovered discrepancies in financial records.