Kentwood News

The incident happened between 7:30 and 8 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Eastcastle Dr.

A city cop plans to retire rather than take a required leave of absence as he runs for mayor.

Some of the 10,000 new employees Dollar General plans to hire this month will hail from Grand Rapids.

Job training programs at Grand Rapids Community College will get a boost thanks to a $700,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Grand Rapids: May 1: Lloyd Thomas III to Alyssa and Lloyd Jr Robinson; May 1: Isaac Matthew to Lauren and Caleb Garber Hudsonville: April 30: Aevin Deppe to Shannon and William Hinshaw; May 4: Colt Matthew to Alicia and Matt Schipper; May 4: Emmett Daniel to Elizabeth and Daniel Scholaart; May 8: Easton James to Jordan and Mitchell Wagner Kentwood: ... (more)

The birth of bus rapid transit in Michigan didn't occur in the Motor City but in this growing health-care hub region where officials hope commuters will crave the system and generate millions in economic development.

The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded fuel in an area including Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Holland was $3.77 Monday morning, down 1 cent from a week ago.

After her car left the Gerald R. Ford Freeway and rolled, a 33-year-old Jenison woman, driving alone, didn't know what happened.

Oneika Majava wept as she stood on the fringe of Rosa Parks Circle with her two young sons, telling how growing up bisexual in Hudsonville made for an uncomfortable adolescence.

Welcome Home Baby is a First Steps program available at no cost to first-time parents.

Top Chef season 10 winner Kristen Kish says, "My favorite thing to do is whisk." She uses that skill here to create three simple desserts.

"I can't even get him to return a phone call," says David Belcher. He wanted an engine built for his classic truck he plans to race.

Two local self-serve frozen yogurt businesses are launching mobile operations this year, adding a twist to the new food service flavor in the Grand Rapids area.

The price for a gallon of regular, unleaded fuel remained unchanged over a week in West Michigan, sitting at $3.78, according to AAA of Michigan .

Many weekends this spring, communities across the country will take to the track to fight back against cancer in Relay for Life.

A Kentwood man who was among gun rights advocates who riled Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell at a city meeting earlier this year told The Rapid bus system's Board of Directors on Wednesday its weapons policy is illegal.

A third candidate, Kentwood Police Sgt. Burton Lee Isler, has filed as a candidate for Kentwood mayor.

Rain is expected to move through Michigan again later today, but Michiganders in Grand Rapids are breathing a sigh of relief as flood waters slowly recede.

An 18-year-old East Kentwood High School student, accused of sexually assaulting a female student and member of the track team, waved his preliminary hearing today and will appear in Kent County Circuit Court.

West Michigan Bike & Fitness has found a home in the city's downtown shopping district, opening as the first tenants in the former Holland Bowling Center on Central Avenue.