Man Arrested in Sparta for Bank Fraud Scheme
A 46-year-old man was arrested Monday after attempting to cash a counterfeit check using a stolen ID, according to Sparta police.
GRPD: Officers shoot, injure man after he charged them with knife
Police say two officers shot a man who charged at them with a knife during a call for a "domestic incident" on the West Side of Grand Rapids Thursday.
‘Amazing’: Woman learning to walk again at Mary Free Bed after spinal cord injury
September is Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month and doctors and patients in Grand Rapids are bringing attention to people impacted in West Michigan.
GRPD: Pedestrian taken to hospital after hit-and-run
Police say a pedestrian was injured in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday night on Grand Rapids' north side.
Police: Man shot and killed in domestic incident, woman arrested
One person is dead and another is in custody after a shooting that happened during a domestic situation in an apartment this morning near the Kent and Ottawa County border.
Grand Rapids’ Healing Wind Phone Lets You Speak to Loved Ones Lost
In Grand Rapids’ Oak Grove Cemetery stands a Wind Phone, a black rotary phone not connected to anything, where people can share words or sit with silence for those they’ve lost. It’s a tender space built by local death care workers.
Housing incentives for 3 projects adding 248 apartments in Grand Rapids get initial OK
A Grand Rapids board has approved tax incentives for three commercial property conversions where a portion of the total 248 new housing units would be reserved for low- and middle-income residents. The Grand Rapids Brownfield Redevelopment Authority on Wednesday morning approved the housing tax increment financing...
Case of Michigan woman dismembered, murdered by Jared Chance featured on true crime show
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The disturbing case of a woman murdered and dismembered by a so-called friend in his Grand Rapids rental home is the center of focus in a new television show. It has been nearly seven years since Kristine Young last saw her 31-year-old daughter, Ashley Young,...
NY man gets prison time for threatening Nessel on X
A New York man has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for threatening Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. (September 24, 2025)
Out-of-state group acquires 10 Planet Fitness centers in Michigan
Ohana Growth Partners announced Wednesday, Sept. 24, that it has acquired 10 West Michigan Planet Fitness clubs from franchise group JP Fitness. The acquisition also includes one location in Rice Lake, Wis., that is expected to open by the end of the year. “Ohana has always been ambitious about growth,...

















