http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/The Latest Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videos from Muskegon, MichiganenMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noThe Latest Community, Education & Government News, Blogs, Photos & Videos from Muskegon, Michiganmuskegon-chroniclehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/1iKAkgFagEg/bluffton_mclaughlin_and_possib.html78951136525887575Lynn Moore | lmoore8@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:13:03 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7708268 ]]>After months of study, the school administration is proposing a “Plan A” that would close Bluffton and McLaughlin and turn Bunker Middle School into a K-8 school. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/bluffton_mclaughlin_and_possib.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/ooZdnKbnS6U/high_school_busing_could_be_si.html78951136525887575Lynn Moore | lmoore8@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:10:37 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7708459 ]]>Consolidation of Muskegon's schools initially was an all K- 8 proposition, but the new administration believes money spent to retrofit schools would better be spent on busing high school students.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/high_school_busing_could_be_si.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/0uwrtImsOH8/live_coverage_construction_cra.htmlThe Grand Rapids Press staffFri, 10 Feb 2012 10:22:21 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf//3625.7712104 ]]>Follow complete coverage of today's events in this live blog. http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/02/live_coverage_construction_cra.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/uzsyKmBAGv4/robbie_hornof_guilty_of_muskeg.htmlJohn S. Hausman | jhausman@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 10:06:50 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7712875 ]]>Robert William "Robbie" Hornof can expect to serve a much longer minimum prison term for trying to murder his wife, Lola Hornof, now that he stands convicted in Muskegon County.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/robbie_hornof_guilty_of_muskeg.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/qNS1F_Qfjn4/norton_shores_man_could_get_pr.html20795933225138651456Heather Lynn Peters | hpeters@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 09:19:56 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7712650 ]]>Police said he was caught masturbating in his tan Cadillac while parked outside the Michael E. Kobza Hall of Justice building, 990 Terrace, so his inmate girlfriend and other female inmates could watch.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/norton_shores_man_could_get_pr.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/w4X4JzgBmH0/dangerous_roads_for_pedestrian.htmlJohn S. Hausman | jhausman@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:52:46 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7712497 ]]>Readers had many ideas about Muskegon-area roads that they think need pedestrian-bicycle paths.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/dangerous_roads_for_pedestrian.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/Yp2e7q3CDcE/gvsu_to_upgrade_water_resource.htmlDave Alexander | dalexan1@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:45:48 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7712476 ]]>A $3.4 million new field research building was approved Friday by the Grand Valley State University Board of Trustees. The 14,800 square foot facility will be adjacent to the university's Lake Michigan Center on the Muskegon Lake waterfront.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/gvsu_to_upgrade_water_resource.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/NXaZSUF2trY/muskegon_welding_company_burgl.html33225138Heather Lynn Peters | hpeters@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 07:32:49 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7712098 ]]>The owner discovered that thieves threw a rock through a window and gained entry, taking with them $7,500 worth of torch cutters off a shelf. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/muskegon_welding_company_burgl.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/7sF9cpGlM4o/registered_sex_offender_from_w.html46960942332Heather Lynn Peters | hpeters@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 07:02:25 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7711956 ]]>According to the police report, the man was “peeking around the shed” while watching the children on the trampoline and masterbated twice while doing so.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/registered_sex_offender_from_w.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/Lq3cZG8mAQQ/letters_badger_should_be_treat.htmlThe Muskegon ChronicleFri, 10 Feb 2012 05:43:14 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf//4623.7685780 ]]>CHRONICLE FILE PHOTOPassengers line up on the decks of the Badger in Ludington.As you've probably noticed, The Ludington Daily News and The Muskegon Chronicle have been exchanging editorials about the SS Badger and its practice of dumping coal ash into...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/letters_badger_should_be_treat.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/k30F7bAzhqU/question_of_the_day_got_any_go.htmlPaula Holmes-Greeley | pholmes@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 05:54:43 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf//4623.7711556 ]]>CHRONICLE FILE PHOTORobin Bouchard celebrates his 683rd career goal, to set the new minor league hockey record during the Lumberjacks game against the Quad City Mallards on March 21, 2010.Muskegon hockey grrrreat! and fan favorite Robin Bouchard will be honored...http://www.mlive.com/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/question_of_the_day_got_any_go.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/w1JJJqpSxkQ/mason_county_police_looking_fo.htmlCourts & CrimeJohn Tunison | jtunison@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 07:04:45 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf//3625.7711601 ]]>Mark McCallum, with ties to the Grand Rapids area, did not return his kids Thursdayhttp://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/02/mason_county_police_looking_fo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/Ock02iaUOrk/lakeshore_area_muskegon_to_be.html469609459Heather Lynn Peters | hpeters@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:23:44 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7711332 ]]>The National Weather Service is calling for snow today, and it's expected to continue. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/lakeshore_area_muskegon_to_be.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/slPjDH8Ar2U/new_muskegon_festival_raises_m.htmlDave Alexander | dalexan1@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:17:58 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7709269 ]]>The announcement that the Community Foundation for Muskegon County and a Lansing-area festival promoter have come to an agreement to create a new summer music and art festival came Thursday. Here is what's known so far.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/new_muskegon_festival_raises_m.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/p8zqxZS_VHg/by_keeping_vacant_muskegon_pri_1.html5114271201826Eric Gaertner | egaertne@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:19:46 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7709816 ]]>The decision by the state’s corrections leadership to withdraw its offer of a closed Muskegon prison to Muskegon County is causing local speculation about the future of the facility.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/by_keeping_vacant_muskegon_pri_1.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/LJ_DspuA8R4/traffic_stop_in_spring_lake_re.html3321194014156134031Heather Lynn Peters | hpeters@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:43 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7711321 ]]>Police say the items in the vehicle are believed to be those taken during a rash of larcenies that occurred in Fruitport Township back in July. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/traffic_stop_in_spring_lake_re.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/EuEQ9xjjjMU/controversial_debbiespenditnow.htmlNate Reens | nreens@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:50 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/politics/index.ssf//3203.7710462 ]]>Hoekstra's GOP opponent releases video attacking the China-themed ad. http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/02/controversial_debbiespenditnow.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/JsmY8Bbvc5I/mona_shores_senior_torin_carls.html231623105390John S. Hausman | jhausman@mlive.comThu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:29 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7709563 ]]>U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Adam Carlson of Norton Shores was already feeling great Tuesday night: just back from a seven-month tour in Afghanistan, welcomed by his parents at his unit's homecoming in Battle Creek. It got better.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/mona_shores_senior_torin_carls.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/uWBOBXs6Czc/thursdays_top_headlines_man_lo.html1826489Rachel Iovan | Mlive.comThu, 09 Feb 2012 17:00:33 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7708824 ]]>The following are Thursday's top headlines from The Muskegon Chronicle:Norton Shores man lodged for indecent exposure outside the Muskegon County JailTwo men arraigned in bizarre 'involuntary servitude' kidnapping, home invasionPhotos: Moon over MuskegonBusy M-120 stretch under U.S. 31 getting bicycle-pedestrian...http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/thursdays_top_headlines_man_lo.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/qb5K_7YYc5g/new_muskegon_music_festival_to.htmlDave Alexander | dalexan1@mlive.comThu, 09 Feb 2012 16:19:19 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7708641 ]]>A new summer music and arts festival at Muskegon County Heritage Landing might have share the same location and date with the former Summer Celebration but it should be more similar to the experience of the Unity Festival or Michigan Irish Music Festival, promoters say.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/new_muskegon_music_festival_to.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/muskegon-chronicle/~3/WVyz-PYf-SU/oceana_county_black_bear_track.html25138720562Heather Lynn Peters | hpeters@mlive.comFri, 10 Feb 2012 08:10:29 PSTtag:www.mlive.com,2012:/news/muskegon/index.ssf//4582.7709145 ]]>Michigan State University research students, some local residents and media representatives looked on while the DNR officers dragged the sleeping bear from his den, laid him on a piece of tarp and began the inspection.http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/02/oceana_county_black_bear_track.htmlnonadult