Grand Rapids MI

For several years, Chicago has led the country as the rattiest city in America. Los Angeles ranks number one for rats, but Michigan has 3 cities in the rattiest top 50.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The former bookkeeper at a non-profit agency that helped preschool children was sentenced to four years, six months in federal prison for conspiring to embezzle $1,170,935. Sharon Killebrew, 70, former director of finance at the now-closed Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, or ELNC, was...

John Bacon's new book, "The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald," takes a detailed look at that evening, telling the story of the ship, the 29 men who died when she sank and the families they left behind.

Grand Rapids Comic Con returns this November. We talk to Mark Hodges about this event that draws a national crowd. The event at DeVos Place is filled with seminars, workshops, comics, and more. For a weekly dose of news right to your inbox, sign up for the WGVU newsletter. Shelley...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A middle school student brought a gun magazine to school in October, district officials confirm. A Riverside Middle School at Innovation Central student brought the magazine on October 15. At no point was a weapon brought into the school, according to Grand Rapids Public Schools.

Michigan art lovers rejoice: ArtPrize has set its dates for next year.

Interested in adopting a pet — or just looking at some adorable pets near you up for adoption? There are dozens of endearing pets up for adoption at animal shelters in and around grand rapids..

"Even in war, humanity survives through kindness, resilience, and bravery." Marian Takens grew up as one of eight children. Originally from Grand Rapids, her family left Michigan during the Great Depression to the Netherlands. But as WWII broke out in Europe, the Takens family became trapped in the country - leaving...

Flight carried the remains of a soldier missing since the Korean War.

Feeding America West Michigan is holding an emergency regional food drive as the suspension of SNAP benefits continue.