Grand Rapids

Michigan loosens COVID-19 workplace mask, distancing rules
By David Eggert May. 24, 2021 12:10 PM EDT
Grand Rapids-area schools can make own quarantine policies
May. 07, 2021 03:58 PM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Schools in some of western Michigan's largest counties can make their own COVID-19 quarantine policies, local health departments...
Muskegon Orchard View's Barnes wins AP D2 Player of the Year
By Scott Decamp Apr. 28, 2021 08:25 AM EDT
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — Life has not been easy for Ke’Ontae Barnes, but the 18-year-old senior at Muskegon Orchard View has learned some virtues along such as...

Many say now is the time to fight racial bias in foster care
By David Crary Apr. 14, 2021 12:24 PM EDT
DTE Energy Foundation grants help provide meals to families
Apr. 05, 2021 07:28 AM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — More than $100,000 in grants have been awarded by the DTE Energy Foundation to help provide meals for Michigan families facing food insecurity...
Wrestlers win court orders to compete in Michigan finals
Apr. 02, 2021 11:04 AM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — At least six Michigan high school wrestlers won court orders to compete in the state finals this weekend, a lawyer said Friday.
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Officials: Travel numbers rising at western Michigan airport
Apr. 02, 2021 09:36 AM EDT
CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The numbers of people using a western Michigan airport are approaching levels prior to the start of restrictions put in place...

Democrats finding support for Biden in small-city America
By Thomas Beaumont Mar. 13, 2021 07:41 AM EST
Schools close, virus vaccinations postponed due to snowfall
Feb. 16, 2021 11:28 AM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Heavy snow has forced the closure of dozens of schools, shut down some city services and even postponed COVID-19 vaccinations in a number of...
Virus, compressed season put stress on Michigan referees
Feb. 08, 2021 12:12 PM EST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — High schools are anticipating a shortage of men and women who blow the whistle as basketball returns to Michigan gyms after a...
'I'm like shaking': Woman gives $1,000 tips to food workers
Feb. 05, 2021 10:32 AM EST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A woman has been handing out $1,000 tips to stunned restaurant workers in the Grand Rapids area.
Inspired by a...
Students raise enough money to help a family with a home
Jan. 10, 2021 10:27 AM EST
ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Students at a Grand Rapids-area high school have raised enough money to help a family acquire a home.
Forest...

Whitmer: Schools should offer in-person classes by March 1
By David Eggert Jan. 08, 2021 11:57 AM EST
Whitmer vetoes Meijer tax break, deferment of property taxes
By David Eggert Jan. 05, 2021 03:20 PM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pocket vetoed proposed tax breaks for retail chain Meijer and separate legislation that would have let certain...

As COVID-19 ravages US, shootings, killings are also up
By Corey Williams Dec. 28, 2020 11:09 AM EST
Workers at 2 Michigan hospitals first to get virus vaccine
Dec. 14, 2020 05:10 PM EST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Frontline health care workers at two Michigan hospitals have become the first in the state to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
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COVID-19 vaccine shipments begin in historic US effort
By Martha Irvine And Morry Gash Dec. 13, 2020 01:00 AM EST
Cities ask legislators to ensure non-residents pay taxes
By David Eggert Nov. 30, 2020 11:17 AM EST
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan mayors on Monday asked the Legislature to act quickly to ensure two-dozen cities collecting income taxes do not lose revenue...
Michigan's largest county suspends jury trials until January
Nov. 03, 2020 10:19 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan's largest county is postponing jury trials until January.
Coronavirus cases are on an “upward spiral,” making it...