Three people were seriously injured Saturday in a three-car accident on South Greenville Road (M-91) north of Sidney Road. A black Saturn Aura driven by 17-year old Montana Crawford was stopped on South Greenville Road waiting to turn into his residence when he was rear-ended by a white Dodge Stratus driven by 16-year old Derek Jeffery, according to the Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office.

Four people, including three young children, were hurt after an alleged intoxicated driver crossed the center line and hit a family of five head-on. Police were looking for a Chevy Lumina minivan after callers to Montcalm County Central Dispatch reported it was driving erratically around 1 p.m. Sunday.

FAIRPLAIN TOWNSHIP – Police were not able to locate a person reportedly shot in the Flat River State Game Area in Fairplain Township. Someone called Montcalm County Central Dispatch around 6 p.m. Friday and reported hearing a male calling for help and saying he had been shot. The caller didn’t hear a shot and couldn’t [...]

SHERIDAN – Three suspects have been caught after a fire was started behind Central Montcalm Elementary School in Sheridan on Saturday afternoon. Montcalm County Sheriff’s deputies and the Sheridan Community Fire Department responded to a report of a fire at 3:03 p.m. in the woods behind the school. Firefighters were able to quickly contain and [...]

The Belding Police Department is investigating damage done to a book drop box at the Alvah N. Belding Library.

Most of a storage building south of Belding is still standing after fire raced through the back off Monday morning. Belding firefighters responded to 5840 Flat River Trail around 9 a.m. They arrived to find the back of the building ablaze.

The Greenville Department of Public Safety has identified an early Saturday morning shooting victim as Frederick Neal of Grand Rapids.

GREENVILLE – One man has been shot multiple times at the Flat River Inn and Suites in Greenville and the suspect remains on the loose. Several people called Montcalm County Central Dispatch around 12:25 a.m. today after hearing shots fired in a room at the motel, located on Hillcrest north of Washington Street. Greenville Public [...]

Huntington Bank in downtown Greenville has been hit by an armed robbery.
The suspect reportedly was armed with a semiautomatic handgun when the bank was robbed around 10:30 a.m., according to reports from police and Montcalm County Central Dispatch.

A Greenville public officer is OK after he was rear-ended while sitting in a parked police cruiser early Sunday morning. At about 2 a.m. officers from the Greenville Department of Public Safety responded to an assault complaint near the 700 block of South Lafayette Street. Officer Sean Parsons, who responded as a back-up, had just stopped in front of the residence, activated his emergency warning lights and was preparing to exit his patrol car when his car was struck from behind by a suspected drunk driver in a 2004 Toyota Four Runner.