Grand Rapids MI

Grand Rapids is gearing up for a digital gaming experience that’s unlike anything we’ve seen before, and it’s all happening right at our fingertips.

Scott O'Dell, an aviation maintenance instructor at Career Tech, was named New Teacher of the Year by the Michigan Association for Career and Technical Education. O'Dell will advance to the ACTE Region 1 contest.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Three years after 16-year-old Cahari Walton was fatally shot in East Grand Rapids, the suspected gunman now faces charges. The Grand Rapids Police have been handling the bulk of the investigation. They say 21-year-old Deliquan Willis has been charged with open murder and felony firearm. He was...

If you’ve lived in Michigan long enough, you’ve seen wild turkeys do things that make you question whether they’re actually birds or just feathered chaos agents with a grudge. They block traffic. They strut through parking lots like they own the place. They square up to people...

Most of the Grand River is covered in ice along nearly its entire length, from Hillsdale County to Lake Michigan. Aside from a few areas of flowing water, the river is about 98 percent frozen, Andrew Dixon, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids, told WKAR News.

Casey’s General Stores is entering the Grand Haven market with a $3 million gas station and convenience store at the site of a former Comerica Bank branch. The Iowa-based chain plans to demolish the branch at 1102 Robbins Rd. that’s been vacant since 2024 and build a new 2,852-square-foot store in its place. The...

A Rockford nonprofit is helping equip local students and families with in-style outfits and clothes they need for school for free.

Residents at Grandview Apartments, a senior living facility, say they’ve been dealing with one problem after another — heating issues, flooding and an elevator out of service for three days.

The Deanie Peter's case file has lived for 45 years, filled with pages of notes from investigators. FOX 17 has been given unprecedented access, in hopes of a tip that could solve the cold case.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA -- A Rockford man who drove more than 700 miles before setting a Pennsylvania home ablaze has been sentenced to decades in prison. Harrison Jones, 22 was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 5 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to 20-40 years in prison on six counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors...