Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - West Michigan-based Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services will once again host Signing Santa, a fun holiday tradition for deaf-blind and hard-of-hearing children. For over a decade, the nonprofit has made their dreams come true. Each year, a deaf Santa Claus, fluent in American Sign Language...

Young people in Grand Rapids are choosing hope over violence. The Urban League's new teen summit is teaching conflict resolution and opening doors to new opportunities.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has finished a Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study for the US-131 corridor. The study covers the area between Cherry Street and M-11 (28th Street) in Grand Rapids and Wyoming. This section was designed in the 1940s and built in the 1950s and 1960s. It now...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Mel Trotter Ministries (MTM) declared a "Code Blue" emergency on Friday afternoon as dangerously cold weather is set to move into the region this weekend. The Code Blue is set to start at 6 p.m. on Dec. 12 and run through at least Monday, Dec....

Starting in January, all original copies of legal and confidential mail sent to prisoners will be destroyed. The measure is an effort to combat drugs being smuggled as contraband, hidden in or smeared onto legal documents. During a state house hearing, Kyle Kaminsky, the Legislative Liaison for the Department of...

One person charged in Grand Rapids' final homicide case from 2023 was convicted this week on multiple counts that will send him to prison for life.

A Kent County man is in jail after police say he accosted a 12-year-old girl as she walked with a classmate on Division Avenue near 35th Street SW.

A West Michigan man is in jail Friday night after police say that he grabbed at a 12-year-old girl, pulled a knife and tried to follow her. (December 12, 2025)

A new way to give back to the community has arrived at Woodland Mall in Kentwood, making charitable donations as simple as buying a snack.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Michigan wakes under a dim, overcast sky this morning as light flakes drift across Grand Rapids and the surrounding lakeshore counties. Pavement carries a thin, gritty sheen, the kind that freezes fast once...