Grand Rapids MI

“It’s a huge game changer for officer safety and also for locating suspects.”. That’s Wyoming police Lt. Aaron Brooks explaining the department has utilized its only drone multiple times a day over the past four years. In need of repairs, it’s adding two new drones at a cost of just over $26,000, increasing its fleet.

A former Grand Rapids officer has been charged after police say he stole from a collectibles store over the weekend.

After a powerful hailstorm moved through Hudsonville on March 10, some homeowners say they’re still dealing with damage and frustration after their State Farm claims were denied.

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Crews in Plainfield Township responded to a large house fire Wednesday evening, according to the Kent County Dispatch Authority. The house, located on Kroes Street NE between Brewer Avenue NE and Childsdale Avenue NE near Rockford High School, caught fire shortly before 8:30 p.m., according

A bus carrying students from a Wyoming charter school found itself on the edge of I-196 in Van Buren County Wednesday morning, "on the verge of tipping over," the police chief told News 8. No one was hurt.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A former juvenile lifer who was once serving life without parole for his role in a 1996 murder is headed back to prison on charges from a daylong crime-spree. Cody Jerome Skaggs, 46, was flooded with emotions in the moments before he was sentenced Wednesday,...

KENT COUNTY, MI – With flames roaring, Tim Johnson worked to reach his neighbor who was badly burned in a house explosion. “I just heard her yelling for help,” Johnson, 70, told MLive/The Grand Rapids Press. “There’s no way I was leaving her in there with her yelling,...

A Kent County man has won $2 million from a Michigan Lottery scratch-off ticket.

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A woman was airlifted with severe injuries to a hospital in Grand Rapids following a crash with a semi-truck on Wednesday in Ottawa County. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) says they responded to a report of a serious injury crash at the intersection of Lake Michigan Drive and 120th Aven

Known as “Michigan’s Salad Bowl,” the Hudsonville area became known for its fertile soil and thriving farmland, producing crops like celery, onions and lettuce for generations.