Grand Rapids MI

Grand Rapids, once home to the legendary Speedrome racetrack, immortalized local legends and thrilling races, shaping Michigan's racing culture before giving way to the 131 Expressway.

Seventeen-year-old Annika "Anni" Meier died Tuesday afternoon at her home after a long battle with brain cancer complications, surrounded by her parents and two brothers.

ANN ARBOR – For decades, white collar workers believed college degrees and office careers offered protection from the economic disruption that devastated factory towns across the Midwest. Automation was supposed to threaten assembly lines — not office cubicles. But economists, labor researchers and major national publications are increasingly...

KENTWOOD, Mich. -- Consumers Energy is reporting more than 1,300 power outages in the Kentwood area due to an equipment problem. It was first posted on the Consumers Energy Outage Page online at 8:38 Wednesday morning. The impacted area is roughly between Jefferson and Kalamazoo avenues, and between 32nd and 52nd streets.

CHICAGO — A woman from Michigan flew to Midway Airport amid a manic episode and is missing. Kelly Cole-Duke, 41, is believed to be last seen at Midway Airport Monday evening after getting on a Southwest flight from Grand Rapids. She has bi-polar disorder and has a history of going on long drives amid manic […]

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The Pussycat Dolls have canceled the North American leg of their reunion tour, which included a show in Grand Rapids.

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The East Grand Rapids City Commission is making a move they say will help the city keep up with the times. On Monday, the commission approved updates to ordinances surrounding micromobility devices, which include E-scooters and E-bikes, and similar forms of transportation. “As new...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Just days before her 11th birthday, Tegan Rose was diagnosed with leukemia. As she battled the cancer, her family learned firsthand about facing blood shortages in hospitals when it's needed for care. In the first two years of treatment, Rose used about 17 units of blood — blood that wasn't always guaranteed.

Min Tun came to Michigan as a Burmese refugee from Thailand. He works seven days a week so his family can thrive.