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Grand Rapids-area high school football predictions for Week 1 of 2024 season
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Game day is almost here for high school football teams across Michigan, and it’s only a matter of hours before toe meets leather to officially begin the 2024 season. Week 1 features some great matchups around Grand Rapids, including a battle between state powers,...
GR residents complain to City Council over water main break damage dispute
Residents from the southeast side of Grand Rapids took their concerns to City Council after a water main break in June affected almost 200 homes. The city says it is not liable for damage caused by the flood and will not reimburse residents. City Manager Mark Washington says he empathizes...
Grand Rapids jumps on chance to acquire dozens of properties under new state land bank law
Grand Rapids officials are taking steps to acquire more than 100 parcels across the city for potential redevelopment, including affordable housing, by taking advantage of a two-month-old state law. City officials on Tuesday pitched plans to the Grand Rapids City Commission on creating the city’s first standalone land bank authority,...
Cars For Cancer gearing up for their Labor Day weekend car show, raising thousands for local cancer center
Cars For Cancer has raised close to half a million dollars over 20 years. All of the money raised gets donated to the Trinity Health Johnson Family Cancer Center.
Former Burmese refugee acquires Wyoming apartment complex for $3.2M
A former refugee who came to Michigan with $20 to his name is now the owner of a 40-unit apartment complex in the suburban Grand Rapids market. Vung Mang, a Realtor with Wyoming-based Blue Beacon Brokerage, last month acquired the 40-unit, four-building Gardentown Apartments at 1845 30 St. SW in Wyoming for just more than $3.2 million, or about $80,188 per door.
Toddler girl starved in apartment filled with bed bugs and feces, police say
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A mother drank heavily and scrolled on her phone while her 19-month-old daughter starved to death in an apartment filled with lice, bedbugs and feces, police said. Details surrounding the death of Skii Swope were revealed in a court document used as evidence against her mother,...
Davenport University hosts adaptive sports event for people with limb loss and limb difference
Davenport University teamed up with Hanger Clinic West Michigan and Corewell Health on Saturday to host an adaptive sports event on its W.A. Lettinga Grand Rapids Campus. The inaugural event provided people with limb loss, limb difference and other physical disabilities with an opportunity to try new sporting activities in a relaxed and non-competitive atmosphere.
Highly Contagious Infection Spreading Rapidly In Michigan Schools
Many Michigan students are back in school which means more opportunity for illness to spread. Health officials are warning that cases of a highly contagious infection that could be deadly are now rising in school-aged children. Highly Contagious Infection Spreading Rapidly In Michigan Schools. While health officials in Michigan have...
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