Lottery Winner Stopped in to Claim His $20 Prize, Then Splurged on 1 More...
As the man began celebrating his luck, he says, it was “a good thing no one else was in the store, because they would have thought I was going insane”
Grandville Public Schools announces next superintendent
Grandville Public Schools has chosen its next superintendent.
After more than a century, rapids will soon return to Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids will soon have rapids once again. A nearly 20-year local mission has sought to restore a rapid-running Grand River through downtown — the rushing waters that gave Grand Rapids its name long ago. That effort cleared a major hurdle this week with the federal government approving more than $11 million for...
Second Harvest Food Pantry in Kentwood serving hundreds of households a week
Feeding America West Michigan's new Second Harvest Food Pantry is making a massive impact in Kentwood, serving hundreds of households a week for neighbors that need it.
Manufacturer of data center chillers expands near Grand Rapids
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, MI — The Michigan Strategic Fund on Tuesday approved up to $915,000 in tax-exempt bonds to support expanded manufacturing operations for HVAC maker Trane, whose air-cooled chillers are used by data centers and other businesses. The bonds are being issued to Kraft Avenue Properties, which is leasing...
Grand Rapids task force works to reduce gun violence by focusing on youth
Safe Alliances For Everyone task force has heated up its efforts to prevent violence as summer approaches. (March 24, 2026)
West Michigan Scam Alert: Fake Court Notices Circulating
Fake court notices are circulating again in Michigan, using QR codes and urgent payment demands to steal personal and financial information.
Grand Rapids police search leaves elderly couple’s home in ruins, family demands answers
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids family is demanding answers after they say a police search left the home of an elderly couple in ruins over the weekend. Michelle Armstrong says the Darwin Avenue South home belonging to her parents, Carol and John Liptrop Sr., was heavily damaged when Grand Rapids Police...
Driver sentenced to prison for crash that killed a family’s ‘entire world’
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Even though Rick Haan was 71, he was a kid at heart. Haan loved his family more than anything in the world, his daughters said. He was a grandfather and embraced that role. To his grandkids, Haan was better known as “Bumpa.”. Haan’s life...
Predator catching group tracks repeat offender from Grand Rapids to Northern Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A northern Michigan man with a prior conviction involving a minor showed up in a YouTube video recently published by a predator catching group, after they tracked him from Grand Rapids to his home in Boyne City. The man behind the YouTube operation goes by...

















