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Authorities say a 66-year-old man walked away with only minor injuries after crash landing a small plane on a Lake Michigan beach near Holland. WGHN-AM reports Steven Stam told officers he was flying Sunday evening along the lakeshore in western Michigan when the plane’s engine began having trouble. He brought the plane down in dune grass in Ottawa County’s Park …

Officials are inviting the public to comment on a draft plan for managing Lake Michigan islands that are under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The plan deals with land administered by the DNR on Beaver, Garden, High, Hog, North Fox, South Fox and Whiskey islands. The agency hosted public meetings last year to hear ideas from …

State police have identified the man whose body was found in a Park Township residence that was the scene of suspicious activity a week ago. Troopers said an autopsy revealed the man’s identity as Phillip Glenn Feek Jr., 49 years of age. Preliminary findings based on the autopsy led investigators to conclude Feek died in October. Feek, a family member …

Members of TR Cares, which formed in April following the dismissal of three well-liked Three Rivers Community Schools administrators, plan a marathon signature drive this week. Sherrie Nowicki, who spearheaded the formation of TR Cares, said the group will meet Monday evening with several business owners offering their support behind an effort to recall board of education members Waneta Truckey, Carl …

About 25 kids who are part of the Three Rivers Area Mentoring program participated in Saturday’s “Reeling in the Future” fishing event on Corey Lake. The ninth annual event allowed participants to spend the morning with volunteers who offered their time, watercraft and fishing expertise. TRAM executive director Bobbi Schoon said for many of the participating kids, the experience was …

School officials in Colon are asking prospective volunteers to consider lending a hand during the upcoming annual Magi Pride Days. The event is dedicated to helping spruce up school buildings and grounds for the start of the academic year. This year’s two-day Magi Pride Days are 3 to 8 p.m. Aug. 13 and 14. Organized by Paige Smolarz, the sprucing-up …

The Rev. Terry Cropper Jr., pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Three Rivers, offered the invocation on the House floor to open the legislative session last week. Cropper was the guest of State Rep. Aaron Miller, who joined the pastor and House Speaker Kevin Cotter on the rostrum for the invocation.

A man suspected of stealing a pig topiary in Kalamazoo has turned himself in and offered an apology. The Kalamazoo Gazette reports surveillance imagery of the man walking with the pig in tow spurred a social media hunt after being posted by the nonprofit Kalamazoo in Bloom, which decorates Kalamazoo and Portage with flowers and animal topiaries. Monika Trahe, the …

State wildlife officials say testing has turned up a second case of chronic wasting disease in a wild deer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Friday a 2-year-old male found near Lansing in Meridian Township tested positive for the contagious, fatal disease that attacks the brains of infected deer and elk. It was less than a mile from the …

A Saginaw man is continuing a near century-old effort to clear the name of his great-grandfather, a Maryland doctor who was convicted of helping former President Abraham Lincoln’s killer escape after the 1865 assassination. Tom Mudd and 75 relatives will meet Friday for a family reunion at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park. The long shuttered prison, located on …