Grand Rapids

GR program helps business owners ‘spring’ into success

SpringGR is celebrating its 10th year of graduates. (Courtesy SpringGR)

Top Grand Rapids Headlines

Grand Rapids’ new benches: ‘Beautiful’ or ‘aggressive’?

Benches await installation in downtown Grand Rapids. (Dec. 8, 2023)

How Blake Harms makes his School Closing Predictions

Last day to apply for Angel Tree this Christmas

A 2023 Salvation Army Angel Tree.

Grand Rapids Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ opens Friday night

The Grand Rapids Ballet rehearses for "The Nutcracker." (December 2023)

GR barber becomes father figure clients never had

Grant Henderson at Ernie's Barber and Beauty Salon on Dec. 2, 2023.

Shoppers enjoy Jolly Trolley, Uptown Shop Hop

Holiday Shop Hop in Uptown. (Dec. 7, 2023)

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Hanukkah to begin with menorah lighting in GR

The giant Menorah at Calder Plaza in downtown Grand Rapids on Dec. 7, 2023.

Has Grand Rapids’ economy recovered from the pandemic?

The Right Place's 2024 Economic Outlook on Dec. 7, 2023.

What to do in West Michigan this weekend

Strike ends as BCBS comes to agreement with union

Striking workers picket in front of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan building in downtown Grand Rapids. (Sept. 13, 2023)

New MI laws to up fines for health care worker attacks

Kent County Animal Shelter crowded ahead of holidays

Inside the Kent County Animal Shelter on Dec. 6, 2023.

GRPD: 2 face murder charges in August shooting

Police investigate a deadly shooting on Burton Street SW in Grand Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023.

Kent County

Man accused of forcing girlfriend into prostitution

Body camera video shows Jonathan Didyk's arrest in Grandville on Nov. 10. 2023.

MVP Sports building dedicated pickleball facility

MVP Sports Club broke ground on a new pickleball facility Friday. (Courtesy MVP Sports Club)

Man faces several charges after deputy injured

The intersection of Eastern Avenue and 32nd Street in Wyoming the day after a sheriff's department detective lieutenant was hit by a car while trying to arrest a suspect. (Dec. 7, 2023)

Why did KDL order 850 copies of the same book?

"Tom Lake" author Ann Patchett. (Courtesy Kent District Library)

Roundabout meant to ease Green Ridge shopping traffic

A rendering shows the layout for a proposed roundabout at Center and Weatherford Drives in Walker. (Via city of Walker)

Gratitude: The key to stopping holiday stress

FHC’s Ty Hudkins named AP Player of the Year

Ty Hudkins runs for Forest Hills Central in the Division 3 state championship game at Ford Field in Detroit on Nov. 26, 2023. (Andrew McDonald/WOOD TV8)

What to do in West Michigan this weekend

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Michigan

Lawsuit: Hillsdale College engaged in ‘unlawful spams’

Lansing police release bodycam video of deadly shooting

Professor killed in UNLV shooting was CMU alum

Michigan State University selects next president

Teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack

Ethan Crumbley sits in court listening to victim impact statements, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether a teenager will serve a life sentence for a mass shooting in 2021. Crumbley, 17, could be locked up with no chance for parole for killing four fellow students and wounding others. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, Pool)

AG task force investigating stolen mPerks points

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National

From urchin crushing to lab-grown kelp, efforts to …

In this image provided by The Nature Conservancy, sunflower sea stars are visible in a tank Friday, July 9, 2021, in Friday Harbor, Wash. The star fish is the main purple urchin predator. (Ralph Pace/The Nature Conservancy via AP)

Recorded 911 calls underscore the real time terror …

A police officer walks under crime scene tape in the aftermath of a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Police still investigating motive of UNLV shooting; …

How events unfolded at UNLV Wednesday, when a gunman shot four faculty members, killing three. (AP Digital Embed)

Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High …

Ethan Crumbly is escorted by sheriff deputies after being sentenced, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbly sentenced to life in prison for killing four students, wounding more and terrorizing Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021. A judge Friday rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

TX AG: Abortion still prosecutable even with exception

Nashville Police investigation into leak of Covenant …

FILE - Two women hug near a memorial at the entrance to The Covenant School, March 29, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Nashville Police have “exhausted all available investigative avenues” in the hunt for the person who leaked pages from a school shooter’s journals to a conservative commentator, the department announced in an email sent to media late on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)

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Coronavirus

Officers severely disabled by COVID-19 denied benefits

Why do I feel sick after a flu shot, COVID booster?

Say goodbye to the COVID vaccine card

Government to relaunch website for free COVID tests

New COVID vaccine campaign off to a bumpy start

Doctors: New COVID boosters could help slow uptick

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