Grand Rapids MI

One year after construction started, the Grand Rapids temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is starting to take shape.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The incoming bitter temperatures have local organizations that help those who are homeless on high alert. Courtney Meyers-Keaton, Director of the Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness, said that area organizations are doing everything they can this weekend to make sure unhoused people...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Grand Rapids teachers’ union voted to approve its agreement with Grand Rapids Public Schools Friday night. The Grand Rapids Education Association and GRPS previously reached a tentative agreement earlier in the month. The preliminary deal established increased teacher wages,...

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.