Beechwood, MI

Grand Rapids police were in the area of Lafayette and Martin Luther King Jr. St., where they set up crime scene tape and blocked off the roads.

SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — A person has died after taking a 16 foot fall to the ground at work, the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity announced Tuesday. On Friday, June 24, a 49-year-old laborer was moving trash from a second story window into a wood box on the forks of a rough terrain fork truck.

Officers are looking for a homicide suspect in Grand Rapids, police say.

There was a protest at a Grand Rapids gas station Tuesday after bags of candy were found with prescription medication inside.

A protest broke out at a Grand Rapids gas station Tuesday evening after a mom claims she found pills in handmade candy bags.

GRAND HAVEN, MI – Three people had to be rescued from Lake Michigan on Tuesday afternoon. Two Indiana women, 20 and 21, were struggling to stay afloat in Lake Michigan at Grand Haven State Park about 1:28 p.m. on June 28. The 20-year-old woman was able to make it to shore and call for help, the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety said.

A Holland native who received the gift of life, now is fighting for his life. Lance Mokma received a heart and liver transplant earlier this month, but now has even more health issues.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A protest erupted outside of the BP gas station on M.L.K. Jr. Street SE and Eastern Avenue SE in Grand Rapids Tuesday evening. The call to protest was posted on Kent County Commissioner Robert S. Womack's Facebook page, when he claimed a gas station clerk was selling pills in candy bags inside the store.

ZEELAND — A small-town baker has earned an impressive honor, claiming the title of champion during the first-ever Silos Baking Competition in Waco, Texas. The competition aired on Magnolia Network — owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and Chip and Joanna Gaines of "Fixer Upper" — on Sunday, June 12, and remains available to stream on Discovery+.

A new program at the 61st District Court in Grand Rapids hopes to strengthen eviction diversion efforts.

There was a fire near Grandville Tuesday.

A Zeeland woman is getting national recognition after winning the Silos Baking Competition on Food Network and Magnolia Network, hosted by Joanna Gaines from HGTV's "Fixer Upper" alongside top bakers

Multiple petitions are circulating for the November election, signatures are due by July 11. They must be signed in-person.

Doctors who perform abortions in Kent County, which includes Grand Rapids, will face criminal prosecution. Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker has vowed to uphold Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban in a statement released on Monday, following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The news is a...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Three art installations celebrating Pride have been completed in Grand Rapids’ Eastown Business District. Uptown Grand Rapids says the art pieces will be a permanent fixture. The installations consist of three painted LGBTQ+ flags along several crosswalks in the area. We’re told the art...

Grand Rapids’ Sovengard is officially moving down Bridge Street and another brewery is lined up to take its original home.

Two medalists are better than one as far as the 2022 Michigan Amateur Golf Championship is concerned. Charles DeLong of DeWitt and Bradley Smithson of Grand Rapids shared medalist honors Tuesday at Hawk Hollow Golf Club in Bath after each shot 8-under-par 134 during two rounds of stroke play. They’ll...

HOLLAND — Fireworks will be set off over Lake Macatawa this Fourth of July in celebration of the nation's independence. The Independence Day fireworks display on July 4 is sponsored by the member organizations of the Macatawa Area Coordinating Council and hosted by the city of Holland. Viewing is at dusk at Kollen Park, 240 Kollen Park Drive.

This combines some of my favorite things: true crime, local history, and adult beverages. Though it may seem morbid to some, the general public's interest in true crime seems to be at an all-time high particularly among my generation-- Millennials. A generation raised on Unsolved Mysteries and America's Most Wanted...