Grand Rapids MI

KENT COUNTY, MI – A fraudster has been arrested after allegedly scamming West Michigan residents for their bank account information by calling them and pretending to be their financial institution. The primary suspect in the case was recently arrested in Florida after a month-long investigation that crossed state...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Construction will begin this summer on a two-year project to remove four dams from the Grand River to create recreational opportunities for kayaking, tubing, angling, wading and more in downtown Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids City Commission is set to vote on a $14.5 million...

Legendary radio host Reese Rickards has passed away, leaving fans and West Michigan country music listeners remembering his long career and warm presence on air.

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Former Grand Rapids construction executive Mike VanGessel has sold a group of prominent retail spaces that were among his first downtown real estate investments nearly 30 years ago. The eight storefronts in the Peck and Belford buildings spanning both sides of Monroe Center Street NW sold in two separate...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Grand Rapids woman is spending the next two-to-four decades in prison for a 2023 Black Friday crash that killed a Portage woman and left a man critically injured. Monday, Nyra Whitelow was sentenced to 20-40 years with 29 days credit for second-degree murder, and 2-5...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — First responders responded to the scene of what the Plainfield Twp. Fire Department said was a serious crash in Plainfield Township on Tuesday afternoon. The crash happened around 2:15 p.m. at the intersection of Northland Drive and 7 Mile Road. Northbound Northland Drive closed between...

SPARTA, MI — A Taco Bell restaurant has opened at 43 Applewood Dr. NW in Sparta. The restaurant is owned by Border Foods, a Minnesota-based Taco Bell franchisee that operates 64 Taco Bell locations in Michigan, according to a release. “We are thrilled to bring Taco Bell to Sparta...

Woosah Outfitters, a nature-based art and apparel brand, has announced a closing date for its Grand Rapids location.

A former West Michigan orthodontist will spend 60 years in federal prison after prosecutors said he sexually exploited dozens of children online. The sentence was handed down on Monday in federal court in Grand Rapids and capped a multistate investigation that officials say spanned several years. Prosecutors: Long...