Grand Rapids News Archives

Close to two hundred people showed up tonight to sound off on a plan to build two different wind turbines that would be three hundred feet tall in Grand Haven Township.

In her little pink bonnet, 6-month-old Peyton Cotter seemed oblivious to the rain as she smiled at her grandparents and other relatives gathered this morning on the damp sidewalk outside the Grand Rapids Art Museum.

The financially strapped and nearly inactive Urban League of Greater Muskegon may soon join forces with the Grand Rapids Urban League.

Authorities have arraigned Leonel Franco-Avina, the man responsible in a wrong-way fatal accident on the E. Beltline in Plainfield Twp.

Shopping for holiday gifts could turn into making them with a free workshop on using herbs and essential oils, sponsored by East Grand Rapids Friends of the Library.

Ross Holtrop helps Nancy Van Winkle, of Grand Rapids, pick out a pair of running shoes.

When it rains heavily one year, it will pour the next year in the city's water and sewer bills.

Lake Michigan cottage owner Rob Schantz favors smaller carbon footprints, buying locally and other green initiatives.

Resident Mark Murray recently asked about taking down a set of stop signs at Sherman Street and Cambridge Drive.

Two people sustained minor injuries when they suffered gunshot wounds outside a Grand Rapids bar early Saturday.

Two men are recovering from nonlife-threatening stab wounds inflicted when they were attacked early today on the Northwest Side, authorities said.

City economic development officials say they want to pull the plug on tax breaks they granted to several local manufacturing companies in recent years.

One of City Manager Gregory Sundstrom's early efforts to reduce the budget deficit will come up three days late and $200,000 short.

Terry Lee Tucker, 48, Grand Rapids, died Wednesday night after he was struck by a vehicle while walking near the intersection of 28th Street SE and Eastern Avenue SE.

Many of us will be sharing this Thanksgiving with friends and family and for some it will be extra special.

About 10,000 people wound their way through DeVos Place's Steelcase Ballroom last weekend for the second annual Grand Rapids International Wine & Food Festival, topping last year's attendance by 25 percent.

Grand Rapids police are still looking for the person who opened fire on two people late Tuesday night on Grand Rapids southeast side.

Holiday travelers wait for their trains at the Union Station Tuesday in Chicago.

Want your neighborhood park looking nice? Get out and mow the lawn yourself. Comparing Grand Rapids to the iPhone and its residents to the device's applications, City Manager Gregory Sundstrom called Wednesday for local government to change from being a service provider to providing tools for citizens to perform services.

Saturday, the Kent County Health Department held its last vaccine clinic for the month.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. State Police are investigating a wrong-way crash that killed a man on Monday morning.

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Former Grand Rapids schools youth advocate Kenneth D. Hoskins, accused of sexually assaulting two Central High students and violating his bond by meeting one of the 16-year-old girls at a local motel, will remain jailed on a $250,000 bond, a judge ruled today.

With a new courthouse and a public square, advocates for the disabled pressed the Township Board for the means to get there.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a wrong-way crash on the East Beltline early today that killed a 30-year-old Grand Rapids man and left another person critically injured.

The former Governor of Arkansas, possible presidential candidate and Fox News host Mike Huckabee made a stop at Schulers Books in Grand Rapids Tuesday night.

Santa has a special place in his heart for Saturday's Grand Rapids Jaycees Santa Parade.

The man pulled a long gun on customers at the Bitter End Coffee Shop, and ordered the people within to stack their laptops and hand over anything else of value.

An afternoon with a string quartet, a fireplace and a view of the lake is what Friends of the East Grand Rapids library are providing this Sunday.

The call came in just before 8 a.m. this morning and fire crews arrived to find smoke and fire in the attic of the home at 900 Park St.

For the second time in just over a week , Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage.

The man walked into the business, went behind the counter, stole some money from the cash register and started to leave.

Publisher HarperCollins says the first-day sales for Sarah Palin a s new memoir are among the best ever for a nonfiction book.

A 53-year-old West Olive woman was hospitalized Friday after a Grand Haven Township man driving a Dodge pickup ran a red light at the intersection of U.S. 31 and Ferris Street and smashed into her Honda Accord.

Shady Yassin got the chance to get up close and personal with someone who may be a future client.

A candlelight vigil is scheduled for 6 p.m. today for a 30-year-old man who died in police custody Monday night after being stunned multiple times with a Taser.

Edwin Lario-Munoz fought to get a retrial for a 2005 murder conviction, but now, his second conviction for the case landed him with a longer sentence.

Kenneth D. Hoskins, a former Grand Rapids Public Schools youth advocate charged with sexually assaulting two teenage students, will challenge a police assertion that he was seen with one of the alleged victims at a South Division Avenue motel recently.

MORE than 1,000 people queued for up to 24 hours to have their books signed on the first stop of Sarah Palin's tour to promote her new book.

With the Grand Rapids looking at the biggest cuts in the ranks of city and public safety workers in decades, the public gets to weigh in.

What's an eight-hour wait to "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" fanatics, like East Grand Rapids High School senior Jeni Carmichael, who would wait a lifetime to meet the film's leading men? Well, correction, leading man , since there's only one shirtless teenager on her LG cell phone's wallpaper.

Reporting from Grand Rapids, Mich. - Sarah Palin has been called the rock star of the Republican Party, and on Wednesday her supporters treated her like one.

The former Alaska governor stopped to chat with Access Hollywood 's Maria Menounos on her book tour in Grand Rapids, MI on Wednesday, where Maria handed Sarah some elk jerky.

Sarah Palin set to kick off 3-week national tour in Mich. to promote her book, 'Going Rogue' GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

A 30-year-old man who assaulted a public safety officer died Monday night after being shot by Tasers as police tried to arrest him, police said.

The custom home featured is a lakeside retreat in Northport, Michigan. After interviewing Grand rapids interior designers in early 2008, the homeowners selected Francesca Owings Interior Design based on her distinguished portfolio and Francescaa s reputation for creating beautiful and functional environments that reflect the individual personality ...

Sarah Palin says it's "a bit heartbreaking" to see the road the father of her grandson has taken.

General Motors Co posted a quarterly loss on Monday but said stabilizing sales since its bankruptcy would allow it to begin paying down $8.1 billion in debt to the United States and Canada next month.

The Grand Rapids Police Department is on the scene right now investigating an accident where a vehicle struck a building in Grand Rapids.

Greg Smith was just sitting down to a steak dinner at his 751 Lyon Street NE home when the bullet smashed into his porch.

Two school construction projects will share the Gerald R. Helmholdt Grand Prize Award presented at the Neighborhood Business Awards.

In the world of environmentally-friendly architecture, Grand Rapids occupies the top floor, according to the latest report on green building trends by the American Institute of Architects .

A copy of the Bible written by hand, one verse at a time, by more than 31,000 people throughout the United States is on the auction block.

A western Michigan man will be sentenced for fatally strangling a pregnant woman after a jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and other charges.

A place for innovation and collaboration is officially opening its doors to the public.

Leaders from the American Legion Furniture City Post 258 will unveil a revamped float today for the annual Veterans Day Parade downtown.

Hundreds packed the humble church on the city's southeast side Saturday to mourn, admire and remember the Rev.

Kent County recently announced it is looking at more than 100 job cuts. Now the county's largest city finds it is having a similar problem.

A man fleeing from police in a stolen SUV ended up in the hospital Saturday afternoon after crashing the vehicle following a brief chase.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority has proposed launching the "New Michigan Urban Neighborhood" plan.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Wal-Mart, Kroger and Meijer are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.

Police are investigating a shooting that left two injured early Saturday morning.

A young man was shot in the shoulder early this morning in a robbery outside the Red Barn Adult Theatre, 928 28th Street SE, police said.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Newschannel 3 recently reported that city officials in Grand Rapids were struggling with the budget, and were looking at the potential of over 100 job cuts.

The former operations director of Holland's Tulip Time festival has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

Originally published November 6, 2009 at 3 a.m., updated November 6, 2009 at 3:06 a.m. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.

The Planning Commission approved several changes to the proposed Catholic Athletic Trails facility.

The City Commission will see a major shift toward business interests next year after 1st Ward voters gave challenger Dave Shaffer an upset victory Tuesday over three-term incumbent James Jendrasiak.

FOX 17 is watching all the races. Some of the biggest races include: KALAMAZOO: Anti-discrimination ordinance, a tax for Metro Transit service, and City Commission.

City flags were flying at half-mast this morning in memory of the Rev. Lyman S. Parks, who served as the city's first and only black mayor in the 1970s.

Oprah Winfrey is only the beginning for Sarah Palin's book tour. Starting Nov. 18, the day after Palin's "Going Rogue" is released and two days after she is interviewed by Winfrey, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate will make appearances around the country, from a Barnes&Noble store in Grand Rapids, Mich., to the Army post ...

In a major upset, challenger Dave Shaffer defeated incumbent Grand Rapids City Commissioner Jim Jendrasiak.

A 16-year-old who fired a handgun in the Creston High School parking lot in September is going to an Evart youth home after pleading guilty to two weapons charges today.

A Grand Rapids hospital worker is refusing for religious reasons to take a flu shot required of all employees.

A Grand Rapids woman has been arraigned on child abuse charges for failing to report that her infant son was being abused by the boy's father.

New federal statistics show Huntsville has the nation's most expensive airplane tickets.

The owners of Graydon's Crossing , damaged by a two-alarm blaze on Sunday, are waiting until Monday to meet with the fire department and insurance company officials to learn the extent of the damages.