Grand Rapids MI

MICHIGAN — A line of showers and embedded thunderstorms is pushing across western Lower Michigan early Wednesday morning, bringing steady rain and occasional rumbles of thunder to communities including Grand Rapids, Muskegon, and Kalamazoo, while northern parts of the state continue to see a messy mix of...

New BLINGO After Dark, Big Prizes and Community Giveback. The West Michigan Women’s Expo returns to DeVos Place March 6–8, 2026, bringing thousands of. women together for a weekend of shopping, sampling, experiences and community impact. This. year introduces a brand-new evening event, BLINGO After Dark, along with...

The Roving Mic looks at the food being prepared for fans of the Whitecaps. Foodies gathered at Gordon's Food Service. We catch up with those from the Whitecaps about why food matters, and more. For a weekly dose of news right to your inbox, sign up for the WGVU newsletter.

Development in Kent County has increasingly become a standoff between developers, municipalities and residents. The Right Place Inc. is launching a Real Estate Development Council in part to break that impasse. The council will create a confidential forum where developers, architects and engineers can hash out...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A man who was shot by a Grand Rapids police officer late Wednesday, Feb. 18, has died of his injuries, police said. His name has not been released. He was believed to be in his 30s, Grand Rapids police Deputy Chief Joe Trigg said. The...

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Two people were injured early Thursday morning in a crash in Holland Township. The crash happened around 4:45 a.m. at the intersection of southbound US-31 and James Street. A vehicle traveling southbound on US-31, driven by a 27-year-old man from Holland, ran a red light and crashed into a...

Feb. 18, 2001 is a day many in West Michigan still remember painfully well — NASCAR lost Dale Earnhardt, Sr. in a final-lap crash at the end of the 2001 Daytona 500.

The former Sanico North Landfill outside of Nunica has been declared a PFAS contamination site by the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team.

The Grand Rapids Board of Education has voted on a new trustee.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — "It was overwhelming filth. It was toxic air. It was death." That's a quote from the Flint Township Police Department after they discovered 91 animals inside a Flint Township home. 27 of those animals were found dead. “We love animals," said Kim Shires, the home...