GRPS teachers make progress on contract negotiations amid salary dispute
Grand Rapids teachers work without contracts as district and union reach tentative agreements on calendar and benefits while salary talks stall.
Suspect who led deputies on chase crashes into retirement community building
A man wanted for breaking his parole led police on a chase that ended when the suspect crashed into a building at a retirement community just north of Grand Rapids.
Suspected drunk driver arrested after wrong-way crash on US-131 in Grand Rapids
A suspected drunk driver was arrested after a wrong-way crash on US-131 near Burton Street in Grand Rapids early Wednesday morning.
Murder parolee crashes during police chase, breaks into senior center armed with knife
KENT COUNTY, MI – A parole absconder led police on a vehicle pursuit, crashing into multiple vehicles, before breaking into an occupied senior living center while armed with a knife. The 46-year-old suspect, on parole for second-degree murder and armed robbery, was arrested Thursday, Oct. 30, after police subdued...
GRPD: 1 accidentally shot, injured on northwest side
A person was shot in the foot at a home on Grand Rapids' northwest side in what police said was an accident.
Epperson claimed Gibbs treated him as ‘his own personal servant’ while at Ottawa County
A complaint filed by former Ottawa County senior executive aide Jordan Epperson details an alleged toxic work environment under previous administrator John Gibbs and the board of commissioners. Epperson, then 23, began in his role in August 2023, several weeks after Gibbs refused to publicly name him during a board...
Haunted history: the dark legend behind Rockford area’s ‘Hell’s Bridge’
As Halloween approaches, a local legend continues to attract visitors to an abandoned bridge in the woods near Cedar Creek and the Rouge River.
Michigan Rescue Shocked After Discovering Pups Dumped In Rain At Night
Stormy nights make most of us grateful for a warm home and a cozy bed. But for one tiny litter of puppies in Michigan, no comfort awaited them. Instead, they were left in the middle of a cold, punishing storm, abandoned in a flimsy cardboard box, with no mother to curl up against and no shelter from the freezing rain.
Firefighters extinguish grain dryer blaze in Kent County
Multiple agencies responded to extinguish a grain dryer fire in Kent County on Wednesday night. The Alpine Fire Department (AFD) responded to an agricultural fire on Vinton Avenue Northwest. Responding units found a large grain dryer with fire throughout the structure. State: Michigan lawmakers discuss government...
Grand Rapids nonprofit says it will lose thousands amid SNAP benefit lapse
Next month, SNAP benefits are set to dry up as the federal government remains shut down.
