Susan Samples
Senior Investigative Reporter at WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)
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1 week ago |
woodtv.com | Susan Samples
FERRYSBURG, Mich. (WOOD) — Billy Haynes knew the time was near. For more than a decade, the Vietnam veteran had traveled West Michigan and states beyond, displaying the rolling memorial he’d constructed to honor those who didn’t make it home. But at 75, Haynes had grown weary. “I was worried because it means a lot to me,” said Haynes of the motorcycle adorned with relics from the war in Southeast Asia.
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2 weeks ago |
woodtv.com | Susan Samples
KEELER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Divers will return to a southwest Michigan lake to continue searching for the remains of a mom who vanished 47 years ago. “It is our belief, and rumors throughout the years (indicate), that she was put into a barrel and dumped into this lake,” said Dave Walker, detective lieutenant with the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department. It’s been one week since deputies first dove Brown Lake — a private, 72-acre lake in Keeler Township that’s thirty feet at its deepest.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Susan Samples
KEELER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Divers will return to a southwest Michigan lake to continue searching for the remains of a mom who vanished 47 years ago. “It is our belief, and rumors throughout the years (indicate), that she was put into a barrel and dumped into this lake,” said Dave Walker, detective lieutenant with the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department. It’s been one week since deputies first dove Brown Lake — a private, 72-acre lake in Keeler Township that’s thirty feet at its deepest.
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3 weeks ago |
woodtv.com | Susan Samples
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A West Michigan guardian who stole from the people she was supposed to protect will serve time in prison. A Kent County judge sentenced Kimberley St. Onge to a minimum of 16 months in prison and a maximum of 10 years on each of three counts of embezzlement from a vulnerable adult. The sentences will run concurrently. Circuit Court Judge George J. Quist said he considered St. Onge’s relatively clean criminal history when determining her sentence.
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1 month ago |
woodtv.com | Susan Samples
PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — Moments after a tornado tore through Portage on May 7, 2024, Kate Nietzke emerged apprehensively from the basement of her Quail Street home. “God help us,“ she can be heard exclaiming as she recorded the damage on her phone. “Oh, my God. Help me.”Her living room was raining. “When I came upstairs and saw all the damage and rain just pouring in the middle of the house, I was shocked,” Nietzke recalled in a recent interview with News 8.
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Rus’s attorney said Rus “knows he missed the mark in parenting” but has done “everything he can” to improve, (parenting classes etc.) Quist sentenced Rus in middle of range, said he’s done some good things, but prior record, nature of crime called for 28 months in prison. https://t.co/gCiIr3wbru
Cedar Springs dad who locked 7 yr old son in wood box will serve at least 28 months in prison for felony child abuse. Judge George “Jay” Quist called Michael Rus’s crime “egregious,” & cited his prior record, which included 2018 misdemeanor child abuse conviction. @WOODTV https://t.co/xXV3xSDu7x
Jaime Westenbarger, fmr financial planner, sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for stealing $260,000 from clients of Ada-based Forest Hills Financial. Westenbarger told judge he’s “horribly embarrassed” and what he did was “completely awful.” @WOODTV