Grand Rapids MI

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A three-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle left two people injured Thursday evening in Holland Township, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. The crash happened at 7:53 p.m. at Douglas Ave. near Aniline Ave. Deputies, Holland Township Fire Department and AMR Paramedics all responded to...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — A 46-year-old man was killed Wednesday night in a fiery crash in Cascade Township. The Kent County Sheriff's Office identified him on Friday morning as Kunal Raina from Cascade Township. Kent County deputies said they received an iPhone crash alert at 9:43 p.m. and began...

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The East Grand Rapids Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve splitting one of East Grand Rapids' historic properties into five residential lots, clearing the way for new development on the long-vacant Brookby Estate at 250 Plymouth Road Southeast. The decision came after two...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — Over the past couple of weeks, Chuck Dykstra said that water was up to his ankles in his backyard in Grand Rapids Township. He lives next to the Corewell Health Care Center off of Three Mile Rd. and the East Beltline. 13 ON YOUR SIDE...

According to the Kent County Health Department, between 2016 and 2024, 41% of sleep-related infant deaths occurred among Black infants, compared to 32% among White infants. “That’s a disproportionate number of people when we look at the percentage of people who identify with different racial and ethnic groups in our county.”

Michigan will lose all four of its research and development facilities under a new plan to reorganize the U.S. Forest Service, the Kent County Health Department is working to reduce sleep related infant deaths, Grand Rapids commissioners cannot agree on which of three finalists should fill a vacancy on the city commission, the annual Vintage and Handmade Marketplace returns to the Grand Rapids Downtown...

ROCKFORD, Mich. — Rockford Public Schools is searching for a new board member following a resignation from the board trustee earlier this week. On Monday, Trustee Tricia Anderson submitted her resignation. In a release, the district thanked Anderson for her "commitment to our students and her advocacy for ensuring that our school district operates at a high level."

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The color blue became a banner of acceptance Thursday evening. Blue skies and a crowd awash in blue shirts set the scene as hundreds of families united for Hope Network’s seventh annual Bridge Walk for Autism in Grand Rapids. Over 2,500 people attended the...

The weekend weather here in Michigan is looking really quite nice. It won’t be as warm as today and Friday, but it won’t be cold either. More importantly, we don’t have to deal with any additional rain. Here’s the radar forecast from Friday evening’s thundershowers to Sunday...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A Kenwood man serving life in prison for fatally shooting an apparent friend will get a new trial after an appeals court found judicial error. Marquis Thomas was sentenced in May 2023 to life in prison for the 2021 shooting of 35-year-old Michael Wright, whose body was found in a car in the 4100 block of Alpenhorn Drive NWon...