Grand Rapids MI

Degage Ministries' Open Door Bakery is operated by women involved in Degage's workforce development program. The bakery is supported through shelter guests who have found housing as well as current residents of the Open Door Women's Center at Degage. All of the bakery's profits support the Open Door Women's Center,...

Despite Labor Day weekend violence, community leaders say a positive trend is emerging thanks to ongoing efforts to engage and support local youth.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Steve Huizenga entered the trades industry as a Calvin University dropout who loved to work with his hands. Since childhood, he’d tear things apart and build them back up again like it was any other kid’s toy. “I wanted to see how things worked,”...

A massage therapist has pleaded to a criminal charge after a client reported being inappropriately touched, the Kent County Sheriff's Office said.

Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom recently shared the department’s crime statistics with the city’s Public Safety Commission. Crime data from January through July of this year reveals seven fatal shootings and 27 non-fatal. “We have lost seven, including August 10th, was our most recent murder. That...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kent County residents now have a community health center, thanks to a partnership between Cherry Health and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The Neighborhood Wellness Center is located in the Garfield Park neighborhood at the Renaissance Church of God in Christ...

Police say a man was shot and killed overnight in Grand Rapids.

WYOMING, Mich. — A man who pleaded no contest in a 2024 shooting that critically injured a Wyoming gas station employee will learn his sentence Wednesday. Niko Rey Mena pleaded to charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, carrying a concealed weapon and weapons felony firearm in July.

CALEDONIA, Mich — Some community members in Caledonia are rallying behind teachers in the local school district while a new contract is still being finalized. The Caledonia Community Schools District is still working towards a final teacher contract agreement with the Caledonia Education Association, even though the...

Godfrey-Lee Public Schools made the difficult decision to lay off three principals and two other administrative positions due to declining enrollment and anticipated state funding reductions.