Grand Rapids MI

Two weeks after a Grand Rapids police officer fatally shot Da'Quain Johnson, a former K9 officer spoke to FOX 17 about how a K9 was used in the moments that led up to the 32-year-old's death.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Michigan State Police confirmed their detectives have completed the investigation into a Grand Rapids Police officer fatally shooting a man during a pursuit last month. MSP said the case was forwarded to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker's Office on Tuesday. Now, the prosecutor will determine...

WYOMING, MI - A Wyoming man was arrested this week for possessing explicit material involving children, according to the Michigan State Police Computer Crimes Unit, Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Uriel Duran-Parra, 29 of Wyoming, was charged with aggravated child sexually abusive activity and using a...

KENT COUNTY, MI - Vetr Health is expanding access to free veterinary care for older adults in financial need. The in-home veterinary care company serving West Michigan is now collaborating with Tyson’s Place Animal Rescue to deliver fully funded in-home veterinary visits for seniors in Grand Rapids. Through this...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The man charged in a fatal shooting from November 2025 was found competent to stand trial. Gary Lee Griggs was charged with open murder and felony firearm in the Nov. 6 shooting that left 26-year-old Donovan Moody dead. Griggs underwent a competency exam to determine...

Lincoln Henrich, 14, has gone missing after leaving his Cedar Springs home Thursday. Authorities are asking the West Michigan community to help locate him and ensure his safe return.

Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker says state police investigating the Grand Rapids officer who shot and killed Da’Quain Johnson are not finished, and until he has all the evidence he will not decide on possible charges. At Johnson’s funeral Wednesday, mourners called the shooting “excessive force” and demanded...

ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 4, 2026) – A 57-year-old Martin man has begun a multi-year prison sentence for the death of an eight-month-old girl near a lake on the Allegan/Van Buren county line last spring. Terry Lee Boss had pleaded no contest to a second-degree murder in a deal...

ALTO, Michigan — Multiple fire departments responded to a house fire in rural Kent County on Thursday morning. First responders were alerted to the blaze just after 11:15 a.m. at a home in the 8700 block of 76th Street SE. That's between Whitneyville Avenue SE and McCords Avenue SE.

In a new study, researchers compared the brains of expert birders to beginners in the hobby, finding the former's brains were more dense in certain areas related to attention and perception.