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Heading in to this week, the heat turns up across West Michigan!

Some of West Michigan has the chance to make a run at 90 degrees this week, for the first time this year.
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Be an extra in musical video filmed at Sullivan Field

If you love to dance, sing and play an instrument or just love to spend time with the community, you're invited to be a part of a video that is being shot at Sullivan Field on Saturday.
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Man fatally shot in Grand Rapids identified by police

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A man shot early Friday in Grand Rapids has been identified. Police have identified a 30-year-old man fatally shot in Grand Rapids as Semaj James, confirmed a Grand Rapids spokesperson early Saturday, June 14. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a...
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The Meijer Members-Only Store That No One Remembers

The supermarket that started in Greenville in 1934 spread around the state before expanding into the Midwest, now totaling over 500 stores across 6 states. The grocer has multiple formats, from supercenters and grocery stores to neighborhood markets and express locations. But did you know there was a time when...
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Deputies: Body found in woods behind Grand Rapids-area apartments

Deputies are investigating what they’re calling a “suspicious” death after a body was found behind an apartment complex north of Grand Rapids.
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Boy Scout’s bat boxes provide habitat for endangered mammals in West Michigan parks

KENT COUNTY, MI - Samuel Konyndyk, 18, has been perfecting the design of his multi-chambered bat boxes for years. He began with designing and installing the tiny mammal habitats at his grandparents’ cottage, testing the effectiveness of different locations and heights and researching which options resulted in the...
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LIST | How West Michigan is celebrating Juneteenth in 2025

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — This Thursday is Juneteenth, marking the day when the last enslaved people in the United States, located in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free. The news came on June 19, 1865, about two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth became a federal holiday...
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Buell Motorcycles revives iconic brand in Michigan with new models and adds jobs

Forty years after becoming an iconic brand, Buell Motorcycles is revving up production in Cascade Township and preparing to introduce two new models, generating more jobs in the process.
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Four Star Theatre continues promising rehabilitation, now hosting events

Near the corner of Division Avenue and Burton Street, a historic Grand Rapids venue is slowly being revitalized by local punk shows, circus parties and other events thanks to the Friends of Four Star, a nonprofit organization. Started by Marcus Ringnalda in 2019, Friends of Four Star has been pursuing...
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Services set for recent Byron Center High graduate

KENT COUNTY, MI – Services are Tuesday, June 17, for Francisco Santana-Meza, 18, a recent graduate of Byron Center High School, who drowned while swimming at a Kent County lake. “There are no words that can truly capture the space he filled or the silence he leaves behind,” his...

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