Grand Rapids MI

Addressing the Kent County Board of Commissioners, Sharon Smith explained what led to her arrest. “I pulled up on about 10 unidentified men this week detaining a Hispanic man. I asked them who they were and what they were doing. They did not identify themselves. Their cars were unmarked. Some were masked. It’s what...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — A woman who was arrested by Grand Rapids police while protesting nearby an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office spoke before a Kent County Board of Commissioners meeting Thursday. Sharon Smith says she followed ICE officers to a federal office and blocked the officers from...

When I was a kid, my siblings and I's favorite thing to do was walk across town to the video store and just browse. My mom would always let us rent one movie. It felt like Christmas, opening up the VHS box and popping that plastic rectangle into your VCR (the orange Nickelodeon tapes were the coolest). There was a...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - I fly frequently to see family and friends because I don’t enjoy being in a car for more than three or four hours for any trip, if avoidable. I have never been afraid to fly. I find it peaceful being up in the clouds. I was excited for my first flight, a solo trip to Nebraska. My mother’s childhood...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A state-of-the-art sea lamprey barrier will be part of the long-delayed stream restoration project in the Grand River in Grand Rapids thanks to a $2.1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The money will be used for the pre-barrier construction work and design of...

Today marks the start of a July heat wave, almost exactly one month since our last heat wave that broke records in Grand Rapids. Wednesday and Thursday are expected to be the hottest days of the heat wave, with Thursday's heat index forecasted to exceed 100°F. But temperatures will be nearly 90°F with or without an...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The auto technicians at Butch's Car Care off of Alpine Ave. started work at 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning to try and beat the heat. Although they started hours before they were originally scheduled to start, it was still 81 degrees by the time they opened up the shop doors.

Officials say they did not initially alert the community about these cases because neither involved public exposure sites or posed a risk to the general public.

For decades, drivers heading down I-196 through Grand Rapids have passed the massive, rounded structure at 703 Ball Avenue NE—the current Kent County Jail. It's hard to miss from the highway: a hulking facility with a distinct curved layout, it’s been the county’s main jail since the 1950s.

Applications are now open for a paid pathway into the Healthcare field. We talk to Amy Lebednick, Director of Business Solutions, West Michigan Works! about the Medical Assistant Registered Apprenticeship program entering its 10th year, offering a year long paid hands on training and education path. Shelley Irwin is...