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Monday, April 01, 2013  Montcalm Sheriff's Deputies tell 7&4 News that happened just before 11:00 Saturday morning  at the Chemical Bank in downtown Edmore.

Monday, February 25, 2013  A Thirty-four year old man from Comstock Park is facing several charges Monday, after investigators say he crashed into a tree and then sped away from police while his young son was sitting on his lap behind the wheel.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Keith Ames was arraigned in several burglaries from homes in Montcalm and Kent counties.

Monday, January 28, 2013  David Johnson went through the ice in about 20 feet of water.

Friday, January 18, 2013  Detectives with the Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office discovered a large amount of marijuana in the basement of a Vestaburg area home during a follow up investigation.

Monday, November 19, 2012  29-year-old Robert Munsell was charged today in the murder of 31-year-old Julie Lynn Danielson.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Two downstate men are behind bars and the search for two others continues in Montcalm County after a suspected larceny is witnessed by a passing deputy.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  Authorities say an unknown person's badly burned body has been found after a fire inside a mid-Michigan barn owned by the parents of state Sen. Judy Emmons.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  An investigation is underway after a body was found following a barn fire in Montcalm County.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Montcalm County Sheriff officials say significant budget cuts have caused the west Michigan department to end around-the-clock patrols.

Monday, July 16, 2012  Good Samaritan found money and turned it in to State Police.

Friday, June 15, 2012  An Alma man is charged with stealing credit cards to buy thousands of dollars worth of items in Gratiot County and investigators say charges in three other counties could be coming soon.

Tuesday, May 01, 2012  Konnor Baker was playing outside with a family member in Bushnell Township Saturday when he disappeared. He was found a short time later in the pond.

Saturday, March 31, 2012  A fishing trip for three teenagers ended in tragedy friday, after their boat sunk and one 15 year-old drowned in a Montcalm County lake.

Monday, August 08, 2011  The Montcalm County Sheriff's Office is investigating a two car injury accident that sent two men to the hospital.  It happened on Sunday morning just after 2 o'clock near the intersection of Federal and Cannonsville Roads in Pierson Township.