Grand Rapids MI

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The suspect was wanted in connection to an armed carjacking that happened Monday in Manistee County.

Kent County is considering a plan to construct a new building and move the majority of its staff out of downtown Grand Rapids.

The Sparta Police Department has successfully located Michael Wilson, a 60-year-old man with a cognitive disability who had been reported missing since Tuesday. Wilson, also known as "Wild Eagle," walked away from his group home in Sparta, Michigan, without his needed medication, sparking concerns for his well-being....

The family of My’asia Johnson, a 15-year-old girl from Grand Rapids, is mourning her loss after she was shot Thursday night at a house on the northeast side of the city.

An important deadline is quickly approaching for students heading to college this fall.