Crews search Kalamazoo River in Plainwell for man

Plainwell Public Safety searching for man last seen in Kalamazoo River

Plainwell Public Safety says crews are searching for a man who disappeared into the Kalamazoo River. In a Facebook post, the organization says Allegan County Dispatch got a 911 call at 12:49 p.m. Saturday about an elderly man standing on the bridge over the Kalamazoo River on US-131. He was standing over the guardrail. When the responding officer arrived, he was standing in shallow water. The officer says when he tried to talk to the man, he sub…

Crews search Kalamazoo River in Plainwell for man

PLAINWELL, Mich. (WOOD) — Crews are searching for a man who submerged himself in the Kalamazoo River Saturday afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the city of Plainwell. Just before 1 p.m., Allegan County Central Dispatch got a call about a man standing on the bridge over the Kalamazoo River, on US-131. Plainwell public safety officers arrived to find the man standing in a shallow part of the water below the bridge. The man submerged himse…