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Law enforcement is still looking to arrest the 30-year-old man accused of driving the wrong way on US 131 and crashing into 63-year-old Dean Elliott, killing him.

If you've driven around Michigan's biggest cities very much at all, chances are that you've stumbled across an area you couldn't wait to get out of. Poor living conditions, pollution, potholes - just one visit and you'll be fine if you never see that area again. Let's be real -...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — A truck took down multiple power lines in Kent County, closing an intersection for nearly a hour Thursday. The crash happened at East Paris Avenue and 108th Street in Gaines Township around 1 p.m., according to the Kent County Sheriff's Office. Police: Kalamazoo teenager walking...

Michigan is made up of all kinds of communities, cities, towns and villages. Detroit is the biggest city in the state. Michigan also has numerous "out in the middle of nowhere towns". Let's spread the love for these towns. The metro area population of Detroit in 2022 was 3,521,000, a...

A young man linked to illegal guns, stolen cars and racketeering activity involving business break-ins across West Michigan was sentenced this week to a minimum of five years in prison.

Corewell Health plans to relocate 16 beds from Kelsey Hospital in Lakeview when it closes next month to East Grand Rapids, where they’ll become part of a new inpatient rehabilitation unit at Blodgett Hospital. The health system expects to open a new 44-bed adult inpatient rehab unit at Blodgett...

Interested in adopting a pet — or just looking at some adorable pets near you up for adoption? There are dozens of endearing pets up for adoption at animal shelters in and around Grand Rapids.

Being of a certain age I'm old enough to remember a time when the (616) area code included Kalamazoo and Allegan, and wasn't just for Grand Rapids. For the record, that was July 13th, 2002 when the (269) area code first became effective. Now, I'm not going to even pretend...

KENT COUNTY, MI – A resident is hospitalized after contracting West Nile virus, the first reported case involving a human in Kent County this year, the Health Department said Thursday, Sept. 21. Health officials said that the resident, with limited recent travel, likely contracted the virus from a mosquito...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A crash involving multiple vehicles, including a semi truck and a camper, has caused part of northbound US-131 to be reduced to one lane. While there are few details about the crash available at this time, Michigan State Police say no one was injured. A semi truck, camper and a car were all involved in the crash.

A West Michigan school bus driver is going viral on TikTok for all the right reasons. Even if you don't have a kid in school, this video will surely tug at your heartstrings. Lori Brooks is a school bus driver for Grandville Public Schools in Grandville, MI, located in Kent County and a suburb of Grand Rapids. In the video, Brooks welcomes each student back on their first day of school. She knows them all by name and gives them a hug. She asks the kids if they had a good summer and tells them that she missed them.

A member of the operations team at Grand Rapids Public School, Mike DeLano, has died in an unfortunate incident. The 59-year-old was operating a lawnmower at Briggs Field when a retaining wall collapsed, causing severe injuries that resulted in his death.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – If you or your loved one is looking to make the move to a retirement community, or maybe assisted living, you want to get the right amenities and you want worry-free living. The Brook Retirement Communities may be a great option for you. It offers upscale living with small town pricing.

Michigan Depart of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy announced high levels of PFAS found in Courtland Township.

Michigan Lottery reported that Kent County used his Michigan Lottery winnings to buy another ticket that won him a much bigger price. In a report by Detroit Free Press, according to Michigan Lottery a 54-year-old man, who chose to remain anonymous, won in an instant game worth $50. He was planning to buy another ticket for that amount using his Michigan Lottery winnings. However, the store was out of $50 tickets so he settled on a $30, Millionaire’s Club Instant Ticket. Then the man scratched the ticket and revealed to have won a $4 million prize as his Michigan Lottery Winnings.

The Kent District Library is working to get more people signed up for a library card. (Sept. 21, 2023)

A man stopped by police in Newaygo County because his car didn’t have a license plate is heading to prison after authorities found a pound of methamphetamine in the trunk.

GRAND RAPIDS (WOOD-AM) - Boots that were taken from the "Warrior's Path" ArtPrize entry at Veterans Memorial Park have been returned. The boots were taken overnight Saturday before volunteer Aaron Bull arrived the next morning. The Grand Rapids Homeless Outreach Team returned the boots after locating them. "I didn’t think...

Kalamazoo-based artist Maya James told News 8 she "wanted to do something meaningful that represented the stories of women of color who go missing or are murdered."

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The uncertainty around one Big Ten football program has created an opportunity at another for Forest Hills Central senior Ty Hudkins. The standout receiver and defensive back announced his commitment to Purdue on Tuesday two weeks after decommitting from Northwestern amid the football program’s uncertainty following the firing of head coach Pat Fitzgerald in July.