Grand Rapids MI

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — New details in a Grand Rapids cold case shooting death reveal the suspect allegedly reported his getaway car missing after the crime. 35-year-old Andrew Merriweather has been charged with first-degree murder, felony firearm and carrying a concealed weapon in the death of Jontell White, 30.

Developers have started construction on a 168-unit conversion of a former grocery store into workforce housing. SW Real Estate Investment, a development and brokerage firm founded in May by Scott Wierda and his son Spencer Wierda, broke ground Dec. 5 on the $36.4 million Breton Meadows apartment project at 4325...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A former Comstock Park man who coerced an 11-year-old girl to provide nude images via the internet was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Christian VanderVeen, 25, of Baldwin, was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 10, by U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering. “Judge Beckering’s sentence today...

A group of Michigan physicians voiced support for a package of bills in Lansing that encourage vaccine access and information amid rollbacks of some recommendations on the federal level.

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — A new influenza virus mutation is spreading across the United States, increasingly infecting Americans. It is a strain of influenza A called "H3N2 subclade K," according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It was identified in August 2025. In a CDC study...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Newly released police body camera and dash camera video shows the moments a 51-year-old man opened fire on Grand Rapids police officers during what authorities describe as a “high-risk traffic stop,” prompting officers to return fire and kill him. The shooting happened Saturday...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The man charged in a 2023 shooting that left a Grand Rapids man dead was arraigned in 61st District Court last week. 35-year-old Andrew Merriweather was charged with first-degree murder, felony firearm and carrying a concealed weapon in the death of Jontell White, 30. The...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority has tapped Rockford to explore the construction of a mixed-use housing development, partly funded through a Transformational Brownfield tax incentive, adjacent to Amway Stadium. On Wednesday, the DDA approved a letter of intent that would provide the...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Two men had talked about a deal over shoes and a gun before a fatal Nov. 12 shooting in Grand Rapids, police said. Darrius Jones, 18, is charged with open murder and felony firearm in the Nov. 12 shooting death of Amari Hodges, 22. Police responded...