Tweet FENWICK — No one was seriously injured after a vehicle lost control Thursday night on M-66 near Snows Lake Road striking a second vehicle. At 11:31 p.m. the Montcalm County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two-car accident involving three passengers. Justine Bollinger, 25, of Orleans, was driving a 2010 Dodge vehicle southbound with one [...]

Jack Russell Vrooman, 68, of Crystal, died around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in a one-vehicle crash on Sidney Road near Vickeryville Road in Evergreen Township.

Darlene Carmody was 47 years old when her journey started in 2007 during Crystal Township’s Fourth of July celebration. The holiday began much differently than in the previous years for Carmody and her family. The Carson City woman recalled the packed sidewalks with grandparents, baby strollers and folks waving the U.S. flag while she was feeling sadness, separation and anxiety as she watched the floats, classic cars and marching bands go by. “I stood out here and watched the parade as I always have,” Carmody said. “The groups of people celebrating the holiday and for me I had tears coming down my face. It was a tough day for me and my family.”

A Sheridan-area man was injured and transported to an area hospital after his truck veered off the road and struck a tree this morning. Montcalm County Sheriff’s deputies responded to an accident at M-66 south of Sessions Road at 10:58 a.m. after a blue Dodge Dakota pickup truck, driven by a man from the Sheridan area, struck a tree off of the southbound shoulder of the road.