Muskegon County News

A warrant has been signed charging Toney Lee Bailey with carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, according to Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Timothy Maat.

There was no plea or sentencing agreement with the Muskegon County Prosecutor's Office, and no sentence-cap commitment from the judge.

Here's a look at some routine and special projects planned by the Muskegon County Road Commission and the Michigan Department of Transportation for the week of June 17-21.

Muskegon County companies L-3 and Howmet Castings are among those doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense, according to a U.S. senator.

Downtown Muskegon is about to get a little more colorful with the painting of a 12-foot-wide and 20-foot-high wall mural this week on a West Western Avenue building.

Arcemia Victoria-Rena Stailey, 33, of Muskegon, two days Muskegon County Jail , one year probation for controlled substance delivery less than 50 grams, habitual third, $648 fees/costs.

McPherson, 19, was shot dead Nov. 28, 2010, on the streets of Muskegon. In court Monday morning, Sullivan told the man being sentenced for the murder, 28-year-old Maurice Darnell Clemons , what that meant to a father.

Several Muskegon-area police agencies bucked the statewide trend of slightly declining drunken-driving arrests last year, most notably the biggest: the Muskegon Police Department.

"The parade brings the community out," said Muskegon Heights resident Robin Wilson.

A still-flying and functioning piece of history, a B-17 Flying Fortress will touch down in at the Muskegon County Airport June 24. Americans used B-17s for repeated bombing runs on Nazi Germany during World War II.

A high-tech sonar device recently acquired by the Muskegon County Sheriff's Office Marine Division is being promoted as a way to assist search and rescue efforts countywide.

Joshua Levi Alger , 31, of Whitehall, nine to 25 years Michigan Department of Corrections for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, 465 days to two years MDOC for second-offense aggravated domestic violence, credit for 465 days already served in jail, habitual fourth, $248 fees/costs.

The board of the WayPoint Academy charter school has voted to close the school permanently, citing financial and student achievement issues and declining enrollment.

Muskegon County residents may be in for just such an eerie "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" kind of feeling -- particularly the first time they wake up from a sound sleep late at night to the jarring roar and spotlight from a State Police helicopter patrolling their neighborhood.

Mary Lynn Ammond , a 55-year-old Spring Lake woman, has been sentenced to jail and probation for stealing two revolvers from her boyfriend's Norton Shores home.

The Griffin may be the most historic sunken ship in the upper Great Lakes. It's almost certainly the oldest.

The Muskegon County Road Commission will close Chase Road from Meinert to Schneider on Friday, June 14 to replace two cross titles associated with a culvert failure that occurred earlier this year.

Allegan County: 7,647 Van Buren County: 7,224 Kalamazoo County: 5,662 Barry County: 1,883 Muskegon County: 1,324 Calhoun County: 637 Ottawa County: 49 Oceana County: 21 A Consumers Energy spokesman expects power to be fully restored to all of those areas by 4 p.m. on Friday.

The median age of Muskegon County residents is 6 months older than it was two years ago, according to recently released U.S. Census estimates.

A 76-year-old Muskegon man who's been an active church leader for decades has been charged with three felonies for alleged criminal sexual conduct with multiple victims that spanned over 40 years, authorities said.