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The former Fennville City Dump on 54th Street in Allegan County north of M-89 was used as a 22-acre landfill from the 1950’s through the early 1980's. In 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency tested four temporary monitoring wells, one of which showed PFAS levels above safe drinking water criteria.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Detours are planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Street as the bridge over US-131 is demolished this spring. Starting March 2, MLK Jr. Street will be closed from just after Sheridan Avenue to about 200 feet past Buchanan Avenue as the structure is rebuilt. According...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Community members and immigrant rights advocates gathered Monday at Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids to demand transparency and accountability following the Feb. 3 detention of Ecuadorian native, Byron Martinez, by federal immigration agents. At the center of their concerns, what legal...

Iowa-based convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores is planning three new gas stations in West Michigan as it continues a rapid regional expansion, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business has learned. State filings from early February show parent company Casey’s Retail Co. is pursuing plans to build new stores in...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Byron Martinez, an Ecuadorian national seeking asylum in the United States, was arrested by ATF and ICE on Division Avenue on Feb. 3. Local immigrant rights groups hosted a press conference Monday afternoon, discussing Martinez’s legal fight against the federal government. Members from...

A neighbor in Sparta was scammed out of their bank account information, losing a lot of money in the process. Now thanks to the work of multiple police departments, the suspect is under arrest.

Quickwater Coffee Roasters is opening its third location at the upcoming Verdant apartments on Bridge Street, the second time in two years the coffee company has partnered with developer Ryan Talbot to open a cafe in one of his apartment buildings. Verdant, a 117,000-square-foot, five-story apartment building, broke...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jelly Roll is the next star coming to Acrisure Amphitheater this summer!. The country rap superstar will be in Grand Rapids on June 13 with special guest Kashus Culpepper. Called the Little ASS Shed tour, it will run alongside Jelly Roll's BIG ASS Stadium tour with Post Malone.

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A woman was killed and a man was critically injured last week when a semi truck hit their pickup truck, sending it into a ditch. Police have now identified the two as Toni and David Laws of Zeeland. Toni was pronounced dead at the scene, while David remains in the hospital recovering.