Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily West Michigan report from HEREGrandRapids.
SportsGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Calvin University kept its perfect season going Saturday, piling up 553 yards in a 52-20 MIAA win over Albion College at Knight Stadium in Grand Rapids. The nationally ranked Knights, No. 23, improved to 7-0 overall and 4-0 in league play,…
SportsGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two of the top college basketball programs in the country meet in downtown Grand Rapids on Sunday, when defending national champion Michigan faces No. 10 Houston at Van Andel Arena. Tipoff for the neutral-site game, billed as The Battleground 2k26, is…
Education
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Public Schools moves into the last stretch of its superintendent search Monday night, when the Board of Education chooses which candidates go on as finalists to lead the district. The vote comes at a 5:30 p.m. session on the district’s Franklin campus along MLK…
Education
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Public Schools board narrowed its superintendent search Saturday, moving three candidates ahead after a special meeting to review the semifinalists. One candidate drew the backing of all nine board members. Two others advanced with majority support. The board has not released any names,…
Public Safety
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Two adults went to the hospital Saturday evening after fire broke out in a single-story home on Russwood Street NE on the north side of Grand Rapids, Mich., and firefighters had to bring one of them out. The Grand Rapids Fire Department got the call at…
Politics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed brought Sen. Bernie Sanders to Grand Rapids this weekend, making health care prices and the cost of living the centerpiece of a West Michigan push with Election Day close. The pair urged the crowd to treat the Nov. 3 vote…
Politics
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kent County voters will settle on Nov. 3 whether to extend the property tax that helps run the Grand Rapids Public Museum and John Ball Zoo, and this time the two institutions would not split the money evenly. The renewal would levy 0.4086 mills each year…
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