Owner of Fat Boy selling the restaurant after 15 years at the helm
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A well-known Grand Rapids restaurant is up for sale for the first time in 15 years. Fat Boy opened on...
West Michigan manufacturer lays off 13, cuts hours for 36 workers
WYOMING, MI - RoMan Manufacturing, a family-owned company that makes water-cooled transformers used for resistance welding and heating in the automotive and glass-making sectors,...
GRCC: Expanded tuition program would ‘remove barriers’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to make community college free for all high school graduates, a plan that Grand...
Nonprofit opens home for youth aging out of foster care
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids adoption and foster care program is attempting to make the transition to adulthood easier for...
‘My brother is an angel’ Family mourns loss of 20-year-old killed in Kentwood...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Grand Rapid family is fighting for answers after Martín Eduardo Martinez-Ramirez was found dead inside a vehicle over the...
Authorities look for missing teen who disappeared from Grand Rapids on New Year’s Eve
WEST MICHIGAN - The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, or NCMEC, asked for the public's help Tuesday in finding a missing teenager...
Weather Experiment: Demonstrating high pressure and low pressure in a bottle
High pressure and low pressure are terms often used by FOX 17 meteorologists to describe the weather. High pressure is normally associated with...
Popular Michigan Retail Store Chain Could Close For Good in 2024
Are the remaining Macy's stores in Michigan about to close their doors for good?. At one point, Macy's was the place to get clothing...
East Kentwood student selected for All-State Jazz Band, performs at state music conference
Robel Abebe, senior at East Kentwood High School, performed with the All-State Jazz Band at the 19th annual Michigan Music Conference (MMC) last weekend....
$87.5M in site-ready grants includes $17.5 for Lowell
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — The state on Tuesday awarded $87.5 million in grants to get sites ready across Michigan for future development. ...

















