Grand Rapids MI

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IONIA COUNTY, MI — Multiple people were injured in a series of crashes involving a semi-truck and three passenger vehicles in Ionia County Friday evening, May 29, police said. Around 6 p.m., troopers from the Michigan State Police’s Lakeview Post assisted Ionia County deputies with the multi-vehicle crash in...

HOLLAND — Craig Spoelhof was a man of faith and humility who advocated for others and always kept the focus on them, never on himself, one former colleague recalls. Spoelhof, an engineer turned nonprofit executive who spent more than a decade expanding the reach of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland, died May 7 f

OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Life EMS Ambulance celebrated the graduation of its first Ottawa County Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class on Friday afternoon. The inaugural class had 13 local students who participated in a 14-week EMT training program hosted at the Grand Haven Township Fire Department. Nine students grad

A man was shot and killed by the Grand Rapids Police Department Saturday afternoon after authorities say he threw a Molotov cocktail, attempted an armed carjacking and stabbed a K-9 in a short police chase through the city's west side.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A man was shot and killed by an officer with the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) on Saturday afternoon after he threw a Molotov cocktail at officials, stabbed a K9 multiple times and attempted an armed carjacking and home invasion. Interim Chief Joe Trigg said...

Lucy Preston, who was seriously injured after her Comstock Park home exploded earlier this week in a suspected murder-suicide by her husband died Saturday afternoon, according to deputies.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Two Grand Rapids church choirs are setting aside theological differences to present a socially-focused choral work. The combined choirs of All Souls Community Church, a Unitarian Universalist congregation, and Park Church, part of the United Church of Christ, will perform “A Vision Unfolding” by Minn

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Van Andel Institute is set to receive $5,409,432 in federal support through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funding, announced by Congresswoman Hillary Scholten (D-MI), will support a variety of medical research projects. “Van Andel Institute continues to make our state

The Polish community in Grand Rapids is working to keep Lucy Preston’s nonprofit mission alive after she was critically injured in a Plainfield Township home explosion that left her with fourth-degree burns.