Grand Rapids MI

Grand Rapids food processor Tolman’s Meats is expanding for the second time in two years, upgrading its co-manufacturing capabilities and rolling out its own brand of meat products by year’s end. Tolman’s Meats purchased a nearly 41,600-square-foot building at 1020 Hall St. SW two years ago, which it...

Few vibes were better than going to the Meijer at 2 am, sometimes for no other reason than just to go. Getting a 20-oz frozen Slurpee when the store was a ghost town made it taste that much better. So much so that when I would have friends visit from out of state, I would force them to go to Meijer at night like it...

“We know that we have over 40,000 households here in Kent County that are dealing with food insecurity and are receiving some degree of SNAP benefits – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.”. Wende Randall is Executive Director of Kent County Essential Needs Task Force, one of six food assistance...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — As protests in Los Angeles continue, activists in West Michigan are prepared to continue their planned protest this weekend. West MI Indivisible Co-Chair Jennie Frazier said she wasn’t surprised to see what was happening in California. "It was shocking to see, because it's our...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — What started as a call for help from someone experiencing an overdose ended with a 26-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound this weekend. On Saturday evening at the Pleasant Motel on 28th Street, someone called 911 to report an overdose victim. But when Grand...

The 18-year-old man from Byron Township had been swimming at Campbell Lake on Sunday when he went underwater and did not resurface, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Office.

There's an argument to be made that US-131 is the signature highway in West Michigan. The north-south artery runs from the Indiana state line through Kalamazoo to Grand Rapids, Cadillac to Petoskey. It is the main lifeblood of the region, and to some, the bane of travelling it day in...

The family of Patrick Lyoya hopes a wrongful death civil suit against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will succeed, after a criminal trial ended in a hung jury. Schurr was charged with second degree murder after shooting Lyoya in the back of the head during a traffic stop...

Chippewa Hills' Dylan Boerma settled for 50th place at the state tournament on Friday and Saturday

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. – The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing $2 million to resurface 3 miles of M-45 (Lake Michigan Drive) between Standale and Allendale. The project kicks off Monday, June 9 and will continue through mis August of this year. “Across Michigan, we are moving dirt...