MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- The City of Muskegon is taking over an apartment project from a private developer after the work stalled for several years.

If successful, the development would create more housing options in the heart of downtown.

The City is already in a development agreement with Allen Edwin Homes to build Midtown Square. The nine single family homes are four blocks from downtown.

On Wednesday, city leaders were showing off their new housing project that will tower over Western Avenue.

"You have never seen anything like this," said Mohammed Al-Shatel, City of Muskegon Director of Public Works.

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- A Muskegon drug dealer who’s spent that last decade in and out of prison is now facing federal charges that could put him behind bars for at least 20 years.

Darrell Christopher Hunt, 44, was indicted this week for trafficking cocaine and heroin in Muskegon County. His September arrest comes just nine months after he was paroled on a 2013 drug conviction.

 “He was probably providing a great deal of the heroin coming into Muskegon and Muskegon Heights,’’ said Lt. Andrew Fias, head of West Michigan Enforcement Team, a multi-jurisdictional narcotics unit for Muskegon, Ottawa and Allegan counties.

WZZM 13's Jon Mills rode along Tuesday as crews tried to reach every street in Muskegon.

"We are getting things cleaned up," said City of Muskegon equipment operator Mike Frey. He's one of the Muskegon plow drivers working long shifts. "This time of the year, you expect to be doing it."

Frey was behind the wheel until midnight Monday battling ice. Lake-effect snow was his challenge Tuesday.

Strong winds are pushing that snow from place to place.  It's impacting visibility for travelers.

Frey says 10 days ago, he was keeping busy at work doing springtime-type maintenance projects. "It has been unique," Frey said of this winter.

He has some advice for travelers sharing the roads with plows: "Be patient, and back off and give us a little distance.  Some people get impatient and crowd in on you, and there are spots behind us [where] the visibility is not that great."