Grand Rapids MI

Most of the Grand River is covered in ice along nearly its entire length, from Hillsdale County to Lake Michigan. Aside from a few areas of flowing water, the river is about 98 percent frozen, Andrew Dixon, a hydrologist with the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids, told WKAR News.

Casey’s General Stores is entering the Grand Haven market with a $3 million gas station and convenience store at the site of a former Comerica Bank branch. The Iowa-based chain plans to demolish the branch at 1102 Robbins Rd. that’s been vacant since 2024 and build a new 2,852-square-foot store in its place. The...

A Rockford nonprofit is helping equip local students and families with in-style outfits and clothes they need for school for free.

Residents at Grandview Apartments, a senior living facility, say they’ve been dealing with one problem after another — heating issues, flooding and an elevator out of service for three days.

The Deanie Peter's case file has lived for 45 years, filled with pages of notes from investigators. FOX 17 has been given unprecedented access, in hopes of a tip that could solve the cold case.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA -- A Rockford man who drove more than 700 miles before setting a Pennsylvania home ablaze has been sentenced to decades in prison. Harrison Jones, 22 was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 5 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania to 20-40 years in prison on six counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors...

The Wyoming Police Department is actively recruiting new officers, offering competitive salaries and strong community backing as they work to expand their force.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom is becoming the new police chief in Pensacola, Florida. Winstrom has spent the past four years as the top cop in the Furniture City and will start the new job March 2nd, pending the approval of the city council.

After weeks of bitter cold and rapid temperature swings, furnace repair companies in Grandville say service calls have surged as heating systems run nonstop trying to keep homes warm.

Emerging developer grant dollars can be used for predevelopment expenses that the City of Grand Rapids deems necessary for obtaining site plan approval. Think of surveying, environmental assessments and engineering that are essential for future projects. But during a recent Grand Rapids’ Brownfield Redevelopment...