Protest held outside Gerald R. Ford International Airport to urge airport to cut ties...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A group gathered outside the Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) on Saturday to protest its new contract with Avelo Airlines. The airline is the airport's latest partnership, which will bring nonstop flights from Grand Rapids to North Carolina and Florida. People are asking for...
Sound of summer: The crusade to fix pickleball’s noise problem
Doctors are taught to listen, only then are they able to address a problem or health concern a patient may have. Dr. Kathleen Romito has been listening, all too often recently, to the problems associated with noise coming from nearby pickleball courts. What effect can exposure to pickleball noise have?
Deputies: Kent County murder suspect had weapon in jail
GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - A murder suspect in the Kent County Jail is facing a new charge. Sheriff's deputies say Dominike Sterling passed a note to an inmate to give to Tyriq Bettison, telling him to get a piece of metal sharpened. Bettison received the note, but the second inmate...
West Michigan Man Still Golfing Strong At 95
It is always great to hear when senior citizens are still active later in life. One West Michigan senior is still swinging the golf club at 95. I love it when I drive by a park and a group of senior citizens are working out in a group, taking walks, or even reading. What these things do is keep senior physcially and...
Hello, Grand Rapids: $1.77B SpartanNash deal, and unexpected closure of Public Museum
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - The grocery store stopped being a place just to shop for essentials a long time ago. It is also a place where people meet and socialize. I have never gone grocery shopping and not run into a friend, family member, colleague, parishoner, neighbor or acquaintance. Admittedly, sometimes I want to go...
Suspect in GVSU student’s death bound over to circuit court, scheduled for trial
The suspect in a May shooting that resulted in the death of a 19-year-old GVSU student in Tallmadge Township has waived his preliminary examination. Westen Meulenberg, 20, has been bound over to Ottawa County's 20th Circuit Court with a jury trial scheduled for Aug. 20 under Judge Jon Hulsing. Meulenberg, of Jenison,...
Richmond Park Pool temporarily closed due to contamination
The Richmond Park Pool in Grand Rapids is temporarily closed on Saturday due to contamination, the city said.
At Least 10 Fallout Shelters You Can Still Spot In West Michigan
Who knew that Michigan had so many fallout shelters?. In the 50s and 60s, discussions about the potential need for fallout shelters were very common. After all, it hadn't even been a decade since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima (1945). In the aftermath, America set up the Federal Civil Defense...
Eye-poking assailant not guilty by reason of insanity
A man accused of attacking a Grand Rapids Township fire lieutenant in November, shoving his thumb into the lieutenant’s eye, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
3-story inflatable light and color exhibit coming to ArtPrize 2025
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A brand new experience is coming to 555 Monroe Avenue during ArtPrize this year. Arborialis: An ArtPrize Experience is a family-friendly installation that will immerse visitors in an inflatable light and color exhibit. Created by the UK-based company Architects of Air, the installation invites...
