East Grand Rapids News

Suwanee landed on Kiplinger.com's list of 10 great places to raise a family. It looked amenities such as good schools, affordability, low crimes rates, and a large percentage of families with children under 18.

Police say that Angelo Turner, 20, ran from police in East Grand Rapids when they attempted to perform a traffic stop Charges have been announced against a suspect who allegedly fled police on a traffic stop, prompting authorities to put a nearby elementary school on lockdown.

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Thousands of athletes, coaches and volunteers will be in Mount Pleasant on May 31 for the start of Special Olympics Michigan State Summer Games.

Mackensie Smith was just watching TV with an old friend from high school when the big maple tree from the front yard came crashing down on top of her bedroom.

Fire crews are busy tonight responding to multiple reports of downed wires and trees across Kent County, including a tree that reportedly fell on a house in Grand Rapids.

A school in East Grand Rapids was on lockdown for a short time Tuesday morning as police chased a suspect in the neighborhood who had ran from them during a traffic stop.

A section of Lake Drive SE near Elmwood Drive is closed this morning after a young driver panicked while making a left turn and slammed into a power pole, police said.

A proposal to increase metered parking rates by 50 cents an hour would be scrapped in favor of extending weekday hours of enforcement, under a recommendation to be considered Thursday by the Grand Rapids Parking Commission.

A tax hike passed last year to pay for the expansion of Kent County's regional bus system, including the Silverline route that won't enter either Grandville or Walker, has spurred a petition to drop out of the Interurban Transit Partnership.

The drummer for the Saginaw-based band CEYX said the trio spent four hours Friday preparing for what would be a three-hour show, the Bay City All Saints prom at the Bay City Country Club.

A federal judge rejected Kevin Grady Sr.'s requests for a new trial and acquittal after his conviction in a complex mortgage-lending scheme.