Seven reportedly injured in two car, head-on crash in Ottawa County
Seven people were injured Saturday evening in a two-car, head-on collision near the intersection of Apple Drive and Charles Street in Nunica, according to dispatchers. The crash was reported at 6:50...
View ArticleTwo people killed, several injured in Ottawa County crash
CROCKERY TOWNSHIP, Mich.- Two people are dead and five others have been injured after a two-car crash in Nunica. 31-year-old Kori Kozak of Saginaw and 13-year-old Nick Webber-Maldonado were both killed...
View ArticleAt-Fault Driver in Nunica-Area Double Fatality Crash had .24 Blood Alcohol Count
Deputies say that Kori Kozak's car drifted over the center line on Apple Avenue near South Street and slammed head-on into a pickup.
View ArticleDriver in fatal crash had blood-alcohol level twice legal limit
A woman who died in a two-vehicle head-on crash last month in Crockery Township was legally drunk, according to police. Kori Kozak, 31, of Saginaw and one of her passengers, 13-year-old Nicholas...
View ArticleGrand Haven utility to dismantle two 400,000-gallon oil tanks
The Grand Haven Board of Light & Power plans next week to remove two 400,000-gallon oil tanks above ground near Mulligan's Hollow , a popular park. Melching, Inc. of Nunica will be paid to...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: Crockery Township Fire Prevention Week open house
Families get a jump on Fire Prevention Week at Monday's open house at the Crockery Township Fire Department in Nunica. Log in to your account to post comments here and on other stories, galleries and...
View ArticleCost hike for Spoonville Trail
The project, called the Spoonville Trail, is part of an effort to create a trail system for non-motorized vehicles connecting Grand Haven to Grand Rapids. The Spoonville portion, for which the county...
View ArticleM-231 to Open for Runners, Bikers on Saturday
A preview of the M-231 roadway that will span the Grand River near Nunica is tomorrow with a M-23.1K Run tomorrow morning. State transportation department officials say that about three hundred...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: M23.1K run on the new M-231 highway in Ottawa County
Three-hundred runners traveled the new 7-mile stretch of the yet-to-open M-231 highway that stretches from M-45 to M-104 west of 120th Avenue in Ottawa County. Runners started at Robinson Elementary...
View ArticleNunica: M-231 ribbon-cutting today, open to traffic next Friday
Officials including former Congressman Pete Hoekstra will dedicate M-231 and the new bridge over the Grand River south of Nunica in Ottawa County with a ribbon-cutting from 11 a.m. to noon. The new...
View Article2 arrested for Yellow Jacket break-in
Police arrested a 36-year-old Nunica man and a 22-year-old Grand Haven Township man following a break-in early Sunday morning at the Yellow Jacket Restaurant, 12011 Lake Michigan Drive. The men may...
View ArticleBurglars Strike Again in Nunica
Groenik's Elevator and Hardware may be the latest Nunica-area business to be victimized by burglars. Employees arrived this morning to find a broken out window at the Michigan Avenue retailer, with...
View ArticleThree hurt in late-night rear-end crash near Nunica rest area
Three people were injured in a two-car crash late Wednesday night on westbound I-96 near the Nunica rest area. Police said a car driven by Jontaya Salse, 20, of Muskegon, had a flat tire while...
View ArticleCivil War-Era Medal of Honor Winner Honored in M-231 Ceremony
A non-motorized pathway that will run alongside the soon-to-be-opened M-231 that connects Robinson Township with Nunica was dedicated in honor of Ottawa County's first Medal of Honor recipient....
View ArticleLooking back: Key moments that led to debut of M-231, Michigan's newest highway
The U.S. 31 drawbridge was built in 1958 east of the old Swing Bridge. The current bridge was built when U.S. 31 was rerouted.
View ArticleMan admits being drunk when he crashed into U-Haul
When police asked Chad Botbyl if he was sober enough to drive after his June crash, the 28-year-old Nunica man allegedly told the Kentwood Police officer "no." Botbyl pleaded guilty as charged Monday,...
View ArticleI-96 crash near Nunica ties up traffic, injures 4
Traffic on I-96 near Nunica was tied up for a time early Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 30, after a Buick sedan lost control passing a logging truck a few minutes after noon in the eastbound lanes. The...
View ArticleComedian performs at Bovee University Center, earns standing ovation
Jonathan Burns, Campus Activities Magazine's 'Best Variety Artist of 2015', mixed contortion with comedy at his show at the Bovee University Center Rotunda on Feb. 3, 2016. Burns was met with a lively...
View ArticleJudge dismisses family's lawsuit over boy's sledding death
A judge in western Michigan has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a park commission and its officials by the family of an 11-year-old boy who died in a sledding accident.
View Article'Terrible insult,' defense lawyer calls judge's remarks in murder case
Shirley Burgoyne, defense attorney for three murder defendants in unrelated Muskegon County cases, minced no words about recent remarks by the trial judge who oversees all the cases. "That was an...
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