Grand Rapids News

Mwangi Wa Maina of Grand Rapids made it through three rounds of the 2012 National Spelling Bee.

Carla and Don Soules along with their three sons Ben, Jon and Donny, not all pictured, show their support as they commemorate Memorial Day during the annual parade down Division Street Wednesday, May 30, at Veterans Park in Grand Rapids.

Art, music and food. What better way to spend the first weekend in June. The people of Grand Rapids, Michigan have been kicking off the summer season this way for over four decades.

Local leaders across the state are waiting for what happens in Lansing in the coming months as the state's personal property tax for businesses looks like it's headed for repeal.

Benjamin Walcott did not get a ride from Wyoming to Grand Rapids Township, but after conditionally waiving a hearing today, he did get a complientary trip to and from jail.

Authorities responded to a hazardous materials situation at a Grand Rapids college Wednesday afternoon.

Remember last summer, when 4.55 inches of rain fell on Grand Rapids during a 24-hour period from July 27-28? That's the last time the city's wastewater system experienced a combined-sewer overflow into the Grand River: 10 months and counting.

A Wyoming thoroughfare is expected to be closed for about an hour after a motorcycle vs.

Stacey Rosset talks to her lawyer Keary Sawyer before being sentenced Wednesday, May 30, at the Kent County Courthouse in Grand Rapids.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Stacy Rosset, who pleaded no contest to a drunk driving crash that killed an 8-year-old boy and injured other members of his family, will be sentenced Wednesday afternoon.

Detroit as well as Grand Rapids is a major focus of the summer-long exhibition opening during Festival of the Arts .

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The bread is often the most important ingredient of a sandwich.

A 26-year-old Grand Rapids man tired while swimming from a boat to the beach and had to be assisted by other swimmers in the area, said Lt.

Tony Blair , the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, made his first ever visit to Grand Rapids on Tuesday.

GRAND RAPIDS - An Eaton County man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison on charges of receiving child pornography.

The Wyoming City Council has approved the 2012-2013 fiscal year budget that holds the line on expenses while designating raises for some city employees.

Grand Rapids students who depend on free meals during the school year, can still receive a free lunch this summer and at some sites, breakfast and snack options.

James Soles, of Hudsonville, looks at art at the opening night of the Festival of the Arts Regional Arts Exhibition at The Grand Rapids Press building, 155 Michigan Street, Friday, May 25, in Grand Rapids.

Two "suburban vandals" have been arrested for an apparent string of graffiti crime that has angered Grand Rapids neighborhood leaders.

View top work by local artist in the Muskegon Museum of Art's 84th Regional Exhibition opening to the public May 31.