Grand Rapids MI

Grand Rapids Union High JROTC team captures first Michigan state championship after years of near misses in drill competition.

ZEELAND, MI — After nearly a century of manufacturing heirloom clocks, curio cabinets, and furniture, Howard Miller has officially closed its operations and is liquidating its remaining machinery and equipment through a series of public online auctions. Earlier this year, Howard Miller announced plans to wind down...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Ramps connecting I-196 to U.S. 131 near Grand Rapids have reopened after a rollover crash caused major damage on Dec. 2. The ramp from westbound I-196 to southbound U.S. 131 and the ramp from northbound US-131 to eastbound I-196 are open, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.

As Grand Rapids Mayor David LaGrand finishes his first year in office, he is looking back at the challenges and triumphs of the year.

A new sandwich spot has opened in East Grand Rapids.

11 women who live at a Kentwood retirement community are now without vehicles after a car fire quickly spread and destroyed every car parked nearby, including the carport covering them.

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – Critter Barn is about promoting agricultural education through a Christian lens, Makayla Brewer, the Zeeland farm’s program coordinator said Saturday. One of the ways they do that is through their Live Nativity performances. Every week, Tuesdays through Saturdays, the Zeeland barn’s “Critter Crew”...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Michigan – Light flakes drift across western Michigan this morning, tapping windshields and clinging to cold pavement. The air feels sharp, and every breath carries a true December bite. Roads look wet now,...

GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A missing man with "mental health concerns" who didn't have contact with family for multiple days was found safe on Saturday. Local: Portable toilets fire that damaged water treatment facility walls believed to be arson. Roberto Corona, 39, left his Gaines Township home several days...

KENTWOOD, MI - A Kentwood woman has been charged in a fatal vehicle-pedestrian crash that occurred this past August. Magdalena Vail Molina, 43, is accused of driving on a suspended, revoked or denied license causing death and lying to police. According to Kent County Jail records, Molina is also being...