Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Educators and parents held a "walk-in" at Grand Rapids' Union High School Wednesday to protest cuts at the Department of Education. The group gathered in front of the school and heard from local leaders as well as students. They then walked into the school with staff.

Several dozen Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) educators and community members gathered for a Wednesday, March 19 protest in front of the district's Union High School.

The new $300 expansion is completed and the hotel is ready to welcome guests. The new project aimed to bring, "accoutrements not found anywhere in the Midwest" and they have certainly outdone themselves. Here's the latest on Michigan's newest luxury casino and resort:. The new 16-story, 252-room hotel includes...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids' Happy cat Cafe offers a place for foster kitties and prospective cat owners to meet. The cafe works with a local rescue, Fig and Friends, and houses cats at the cafe until someone comes along to sip a cup of coffee and pick up a new furry friend.

When the moment came to perform the Heimlich technique, Natalie May did not hesitate. According to WXMI, the teenager, an East Kentwood High School senior, works as a waitress at Brann’s Steakhouse and Grille in Grand Rapids. She was clearing a table at a steakhouse last week when she heard a woman screaming that...

MICHIGAN,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - The Line 5 legal series continued today, with oral arguments at a federal appeals court in Cincinnati. Unlike the ongoing state case against Enbridge, this case involves Enbridge suing the state. Enbridge filed this lawsuit in 2020 after Governor Whitmer revoked the easement in the Straits...

A rather small area of severe weather is forecasted to develop this afternoon and evening over Illinois. As the area of severe storms moves northeast this evening some of those thunderstorms could still be severe in the southwest corner of Michigan. The Storm Prediction Center’s early morning update shows the...

It may seem like the most natural thing on the roads to stop for gas when your fuel tank begins to get low. However for drivers in northern Michigan, particularly the Upper Peninsula finding late night fuel can be extremely difficult. Many gas stations across the region close in the...

Several major retail chains in Michigan have announced massive closures this year and one major auto parts store will permanently close locations in Michigan and the U.S. Major Auto Parts Store Will Be Shutting Down Michigan Locations. Many popular brands in Michigan announced store closures at a worrying pace in...

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is going to have a snowstorm. Some of the newest data shows cold air slipping into northwest Lower Michigan a few hours faster. This shift could bring more meaningful snow rates into the northwest corner of Lower Michigan. It also means all of us get just a touch more snow from previous...