Grand Rapids MI

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – A 911 dispatcher told James Boone that police would respond after he expressed fear about his troubled adult son, who had stopped taking medication for mental illness. “Ma’am, he’s threatening me,” the father said. “Will you hurry up?”. An hour later, police...

On Saturday, March 8, over 2,000 West Michigan residents gathered in Rosa Parks Circle for the International Women’s Day, “Unite and Resist” march. This peaceful protest consisted of speakers, a performance from the Grand Rapids Women’s Choir and a march starting on Michigan Street and ending on Ottawa Ave.

It seems like every day you hear about massive layoffs and businesses consolidating, leading to a lot of closures. In Radio, it’s no different, with another sweep of over 300 layoffs just within the past few days. The same thing is happening in different industries as well, including banking,...

PETERSBURG, Mich. — A 17-year-old who went missing from her Monroe County home on Saturday has been found according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. ➡️ Download the WTOL 11 weather app for the latest local 10-day forecast and live radar!. ➡️ Download the WTOL 11 news app...

The state of Michigan, which is well-known for its Great Lakes and its thriving cities such as Detroit and Grand Rapids, is also confronted with difficulties in terms of its crime rates. Some regions of the state have witnessed a concerning increase in the number of violent crimes, despite the fact that many portions...

Here we go again. More "under performing stores," adding to more potential closures, and this time it means Red Robin. There are 19 Red Robin locations in Michigan, out of 500 nation wide, with two here, Kentwood at Woodland Mall, and in Grandville across from RiverTown Crossings. 👇 BELOW: SAD...

More and more, your information is being compromised. It's becoming more and more easier for people to take your information, without you even being aware for it at times as well. There is now a trending new phone scam here in the state of Michigan, that the Better Business Beauro...

Meijer has been a staple of most Michigander's lives as the go-to place to get groceries and whatever else you need. My family would always get excited to do a "Meijer Run", or when us kids were bored, we would go just to walk around and look inside the video game cabinets.

Michigan is a place that has an extremely rich musical culture especially when you take a look at Motown and everything it has done for the music industry. There are very few if any genres of music that can they have never been influenced, changed, or affected by Michigan in some way. I think this has continued to...

A Grand Rapids radio personality was river fishing and finally caught a fish he only dreamed of as a kid. The rivers connecting to Lake Michigan are all fantastic for winter river fishing. Fishing rivers in the winter is often overlooked because it's so cold and many fisherman are dedicating their time to ice fishing.