Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Trinity Health Grand Rapids says its Richard J. Lacks Sr. Cancer Center is the first in Michigan to offer Radixact Radiation Therapy to treat a wide range of cancers, including head and neck, lung and prostate. The therapy “delivers image-guided radiation therapy” to treat cancer,...

KENT COUNTY, Michigan — Kent County Veterans Services will launch its annual Operation Green Light initiative on November 4. They plan to distribute 2,000 free green light bulbs to residents and businesses. The week-long campaign, running from November 4 to 11, encourages residents to replace their outdoor lights...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Calling all classic car collectors! A 121-year-old Cadillac is going up for auction. RM Sotheby’s is running an auction on Saturday for a 1904 Cadillac Model B Touring. According to Sotheby’s, the car was delivered to its first owner in New York in February 1904. Documents show the car...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Halloween has once again arrived at Trinity Health Grand Rapids, bringing joy and creativity to the hospital’s tiniest patients and their families in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Though the babies can’t go outside to trick-or-treat, dressing up in costumes allows families to celebrate...

Although Michigan has seen a notable surge in car break-ins over the past couple of months, very few such crimes have been reported in South Haven. In the Metro Detroit area, police are investigating a string of coordinated nighttime car break-ins across multiple cities. And in Kent County, the Kent County Sheriff’s...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Meijer Inc. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, announced it has officially opened the new Meijer Express gas station and convenience store at 1710 28th St. SE in Grand Rapids. The new location replaces, and is directly south of, the smaller Meijer Express at 2900 Kalamazoo Ave....

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. It is a time to raise awareness and celebrate the unique abilities of community members and loved ones with Down syndrome. Two sisters in Grand Rapids say they want people to know they are happy. With a strong support...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids woman learned her sentence in connection with her child's asphyxiation death. It happened while she ran into a store to grab her husband's lunch, court documents reveal. A judge sentenced 27-year-old Angelica Arechiga to 45 days in jail and 24 months of...

After more than a decade on Wealthy St., Lee & Birch is closing its Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo locations at the end of the month.

Van Eerden Foodservice Co. has moved out of state for the first time in its 105-year history with the opening of a $51 million distribution center in Indiana, as the fourth-generation family-owned distributor builds out its Midwest presence. The Grand Rapids-based Van Eerden, which distributes fresh and frozen foods,...