REED CITY â A young Evart child sustained life-threatening injuries Monday after an 18-year-old male suspect allegedly stabbed him multiple times.
The Osceola County Sheriff s Office reported at 4:14 p.m. on April 19 Meceola Central Dispatch received a 911 call about a stabbing that occurred on the 400 block of Pine Street in Evart. Deputies from the sheriff s office immediately responded along with Osceola County EMS, according to police.
Once on scene, police said deputies located a young child who had suffered multiple life-threatening stab wounds. Police said the juvenile was transported to Grand Rapids to undergo surgery. After an investigation by the sheriff s office with assistance from the Michigan State Police, an 18-year-old male suspect was arrested and taken into custody.
REED CITY â A hay fire reported in Osceola County s Sylvan Township is being considered suspicious, according to the Osceola County Sheriff Office.
The sheriff s office was dispatched to a River Road address in Sylvan Township for a suspicious fire on March 13. Osceola County Undersheriff Jed Avery said fire departments were dispatched at 6:35 p.m. March 13 and eventually called for police to be on the scene by 8 p.m.
Police said there were multiple fire departments on the scene trying to extinguish 50 round hay bales that caught fire. During their investigation, the Evart Fire Department deemed this fire highly suspicious, according to police.
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The Evart Fire Department says the recent cold weather has caused all that ice to form.
That has caused the river to back up in several spots.
The fire chief says water levels rose about two feet in the last couple of days, but have started to come down.
Heavy ice on the Muskegon River can create problems for people with homes near the river, which is why the fire department plans to keep a close eye on what happens with the ice.
“We’re watching the ice, making sure that it’s moving and stuff like that, as best it can. If it starts piling up, we’ll have to work on what we’re going to do with that, but just monitoring, making sure water is not flooding over roads and subdivisions and stuff like that, that we usually get in the spring,” said Fire Chief Shane Helmer.