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Mel Trotter Ministries ‘Turkey Drop’ collecting frozen turkeys

Mel Trotter Ministries is holding the 22nd annual 'Turkey Drop', with the goal of collecting 5,000 turkeys for families facing food insecurity.
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Revisiting Michigan’s Worst Flood: The Great Log Jam of 1883

Hurricane Beryl aftermath: Michigan on flood alert as Midwest expects sustained rainfall. Great Log Jam of 1883 revisited in face of rising river levels.
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Firefighters put out apartment building fire in southeast Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Grand Rapids Professional Firefighters Local 366 feared some people may have been trapped in a 3-story apartment building fire early this morning. It was in the 2400 block of Normandy Drive, which is north of 28th Street and west of Breton Road. According to a...
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Grand Rapids firefighters recovering body from the Grand River near Canal Park

The Grand Rapids Fire Department was working to recover a body from the Grand River Thursday afternoon near Canal Park.
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More opposition to Gaslight Village redevelopment plan

Residents of East Grand Rapids have organized to call on the city to put the redevelopment proposal for Gaslight Village to a communitywide vote.
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Young man shot, killed Wednesday night in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids police are investigating a deadly shooting Wednesday night in the area of Hall Street and Kalamazoo Avenue.
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GR organization helping fight youth crime

A Grand Rapids youth crime prevention organization is calling on other like-minded groups to step up after the recent youth involved shootings in the area. (Nov. 12, 2025)
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Kentwood approves $35,000 in opioid settlement funds for district court.

Kentwood City Commission approved $35,000 in funding from the Purdue Pharma opioid settlement to support counseling services at the 62-B District Court, helping probationers struggling with addiction.
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Veterans Day parade marks military milestone in downtown Grand Rapids

The Veterans Day parade took on special meaning this year, celebrating 250 years of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps! What does Veterans Day mean to you?
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A student’s perspective on the wind phone

I walked up to the rotary dial phone and sat on the black bench as a fall breeze blew through the cemetery. While the Oak Grove Cemetery is in between the busy roads of Grand Rapids, there is a quiet peacefulness that fills the air. I pick up the wind phone, a phone that carries the messages you have to your lost...

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