COOPERSVILLE, MI -- Police are checking the Grand River for a teen last seen early New Year’s Day at a friend’s house.

Friday marked the third day of searching for 18-year-old Hunter Klompstra since he left a party about 2 a.m Wednesday, Jan. 1 at a house in the 6100 block of Leonard Street.

The search began after he was reported missing in the evening hours of Jan. 1. He had not returned home.

Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies said searchers looked extensively in the area Thursday using tracking dogs, volunteer searchers, police and other authorities and a state police aviation unit.

Deputies said members of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department Dive Team were checking a stretch of the Grand River on Friday, Jan. 3.