Grand Rapids News Archives

The Kent County Sheriff's Department is searching for two suspects in a sexual assault that occurred Saturday in the 4200 block of Alpenhorn NW. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

The renovated Boys & Girls Club re-opened in Grand Rapids Tuesday, complete with new educational program areas. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

David Eggert * Associated Press * April 29, 2008 A state Senate panel will hold a hearing about child-welfare workers' actions before a 9-year-old boy was killed by his father in a rural county northeast of ... via Lansing State Journal

The U.S. marshals office in Grand Rapids says a woman who walked away from a Detroit-area prison in 1976 after being convicted on drug charges has been recaptured in California. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

Police in northeast Indiana have located a stolen car believed to have carried a Michigan teenager and two other men, including a registered sex offender. via Ann Arbor News

“Meijer accepts full responsibility and we apologize for the violation of trust these actions caused”

At first, it seemed like the typical squabble over construction of a big-box superstore in a suburban community. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Two men who allegedly raped a 20-year-old Grand Rapids woman at knifepoint during a party this past weekend are being sought by Kent County sheriff's investigators, who have obtained warrants for sexual ... via MLive.com

A local lawmaker says action in Lansing could lead to more construction jobs around Grand Rapids. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Neighbors of Amway co-founder Rich DeVos and his son Dick are taking sides over the helicopters the multimillionaires use to get to their homes near Harbor Springs and Grand Rapids. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Posted by The National Weather Service April 23, 2008 22:16PM Categories: Breaking News The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a red flag warning from 11 a.m. through 10 p.m. on Thursday for ... via Grand Rapids Press

General Motors faces strike deadlines Friday at two factories, including one in Kansas City that makes the strong-selling Chevrolet Malibu sedan. via NBC Channel 5

“We're trying to match the needs of the individual schools with the individuals that are going there. Some schools have a need for a particular kind of leadership.”

The Grand Rapids Public School district is cutting money by cutting administrators. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Ford Posts $100 Million Profit, Defying Loss Forecast by Bill Koenig/Bloomberg News Ford Motor Co. via Futureoftheunion.com

Analysts believe Tennessee and Alabama should be favored over Michigan to land a new Volkswagen assembly plant. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

General Motors faces strike deadlines tomorrow from United Auto Workers locals at factories in Kansas City and Grand Rapids, Michigan. via WXIX-TV Cincinnati

Ford Motor Co. reported an unexpected first-quarter profit as Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally cut jobs in North America and tripled earnings in Europe, a sign that his turnaround plan may be working. via Bloomberg

A 5 year old Grand Rapids-area girl has been taken to a hospital after choking when her neck became entangled in the chain of a swing. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“It becomes literally unspeakable.”

John Corvino says he is grateful students found another location for him to speak after the Aquinas College decided his talk about homosexuality was unacceptable on campus. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

“It gives us a place to invite the community”

For 40 years, Opera Grand Rapids has rehearsed in empty storefronts and basements, stored props and costumes in people's basements, built sets in borrowed facilities and managed all of it from rented offices. via MLive.com

BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Kent County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in catching two men wanted for allegedly breaking into vehicles and homes. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

An ex-Marine from southwestern Michigan has been sentenced to federal prison for abducting and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old English girl he met through the Internet. via Lansing State Journal

Neighbors and Grand Rapids Police are teaming up to knock crime out of their communities. via WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

“Grand Rapids offers some of the greatest facilities and medical laboratories and all within walking distance of this medical school”

Press Photo/Noel A. Webley II Namesake: Peter Secchia watches as a ceremonial construction beam is lifted during Monday's groundbreaking of the Secchia Center for MSU's College of Human Medicine. via Latest News - The Grand Rapids Press ...

Police are investigating separate holdups this morning in which attackers armed with guns robbed people on the street. via MLive.com

Comcast and Charter have a new company to compete against in West Michigan. On Monday, AT&T launched its integrated services in our area. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

The Montcalm County sheriff says an inmate with a peanut allergy has died after eating a peanut butter sandwich at the county jail. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

It seems the high gas prices may be to blame for putting a Grand Rapids cab company out of business. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Authorities say two high school students have died in a Kent County crash while heading home from church. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

Grand Rapids Police are investigating a possible shooting. Officers have closed down Kalamazoo Avenue at Humbolt Street. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

A 49-year-old Michigan woman has pleaded guilty to three federal charges in an online murder-for-hire scheme. via NewsCenter 25

The Comstock Park School District decided to outsource the one cleaning job at Greenridge Elementary School, even though the winning building service contractor will pay $5 more an hour than the district pays, ... via Cleaning & Maintenance Management Online

“How is it that we can have a car wash where someone actually goes in and washes their car and you provide a receptacle for them to put trash in, but then you prosecute them for it?”

Bertha Williams admits to putting some trash from her business into a garbage can at a neighborhood car wash. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“He helped us just as much as we helped him. I can put it to you like that...basically that's about it”

A 7-year-old boy from Iraq is in Grand Rapids to undergo a life-saving surgery. Hasan has a serious heart condition. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

From a panel of his peers, Steve Lohman has been named the 2008 Grand Rapids Fire Department firefighter of the year. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

A man found guilty of shooting and killing a Grand Rapids police officer responding to a domestic-dispute call has received a life prison sentence. via Battle Creek Enquirer

“My boy was a kind, loving, humble, hard-working young man who was taken from us much too early”

The mother of slain Grand Rapids Police Officer Robert Kozminski told a judge she was in court today for the sentencing of his killer to seek justice, not revenge. via MLive.com

“Instead of trying to get publicity with national barista 're-trainings', Howard Schultz needs to re-train his management team so they quit violating national labor laws.”

As Starbucks awaits the decision in a trial over 30-plus unfair labor practices in New York City, the IWW Starbucks Workers Union has filed labor charges against the company in Michigan. via Media Mouse

A third General Motors plant is threatening to strike. The plant near Grand Rapids in a letter said workers may walk if an agreement on local issues isn't reached soon. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“They have officers on campus. They have an outstanding community policing program.”

A new Calvin College policy will allow some campus safety officers to carry firearms for the first time in the school's history. via Holland Sentinel

Police have surrounded a Grand Rapids apartment building as they look for two robbery suspects. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Michigan's tourism industry is expected to decline in 2008. The latest forecast was presented Monday by Michigan State University researchers at a conference in Grand Rapids. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

“Everything we have is in that home”

Eight-year-old Joyce Robinson didn't know where she would sleep, had lost all her stuff, and her Southeast Side room was destroyed in a Sunday afternoon house fire -- but she was still smiling Sunday. via Grand Rapids Press

“We are not going to be working through the rush hours”

As your work week begins Monday, so will the largest road construction project in the Grand Rapids area. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

BEHIND THE BOOM: Policymakers reined in the growth of medical programs after the mid-1970s, fearing an oversupply of physicians. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“We would anticipate that the Court of Appeals would affirm Judge Rodgers”

A judge on Friday ruled that the Grand Traverse County prosecutor has no authority to investigate whether Meijer Inc. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Police are investigating a bank robbery that took place just before noon Friday in Grand Rapids Township. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

' Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the appointment of Christopher Yates as judge of the 17th Circuit Court, which serves Kent County. via WZZM

Steven Scarborough has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The jury delivered the verdict just before noon Thursday. via WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

A small tornado was to blame for damaging a barn housing some horses and knocking down trees in southwestern Michigan, according to the National Weather Service. via WSBT

At a meeting held April 8, 2008, the Board of Directors of Mercantile Bank Corporation declared a second quarter cash dividend of $0.08 per share on the Corporation's common stock. via PrimeNewswire

One person was shot to death, another was wounded, and one suspect is in custody following a late-night shooting Monday on Grand Rapids Northeast side. via Grand Rapids Press

Davenport University is closing some of its Michigan and Indiana locations. The private university, which offers degrees in business, technology and health care, will close its locations in Bad Axe, Bay City, ... via MLive.com

“The judge found in our favor in all counts.”

A more than 2-year-old discrimination lawsuit filed against the Ottawa County Road Commission has been dismissed, officials said. via Holland Sentinel

“It was not a serious problem, not significant to her overall health, or why she felt ill in the first place”

Laura Dickinson's heart was structurally healthy and beat well within the normal range for a young adult, according to testimony from two medical experts Thursday afternoon. via Ann Arbor News

An Ottawa County sheriff's deputy in Michigan who was responding to a report of a suspected intruder at a Hudsonville home shouted a warning to surrender, then released her K-9 dog inside. via Canoe

The fire department is investigating a blaze in the 200 block of Stewart Street SW that was called in shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. via MLive.com

A judge plans to rule in the coming week on whether the Grand Traverse County prosecutor has jurisdiction to investigate retailer Meijer Inc.'s role in a failed recall election. via WLNS-TV Lansing

A 19-year-old Grand Rapids man underwent surgery after being shot outside a night club early Saturday morning. via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids Police were within earshot when 19-year-old Jason R. Cole was shot outside of the Azucar night club at 645 S. Division Ave. via MLive.com

Last year's biggest traffic headache in Kent County -- resurfacing U.S. 131 just north of Grand Rapids -- returns this spring when the state starts the final phase. via MLive.com

A Grand Haven boy struck by a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon while crossing Beechtree Street is expected to make a speedy recovery, according to officials at the boy's school. via Grand Haven Tribune

“What do you do? Do you keep cutting? Then, are you even fulfilling your mission?”

Once a month, Grand Rapids resident Cynthia Taylor stops in at Mel Trotter Ministries for a box of food. via Grand Rapids Press

The Kent County Sheriff's Department can join with Kentwood Detectives and the Grand Rapids Major Case team to compare notes on a bank robber. via WTKG-AM Grand Rapids

The new Grand Rapids Art Museum is displaying two Italian panel paintings which will be returned to Italy after a final Grand Rapids showing. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

“We will review market conditions and the company's prospects for reducing leverage, as well as the completion of bank negotiations, in resolving the creditwatch”

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday placed its ratings, including the "B+" corporate credit rating, on X-Rite Inc. via Quamnet

A 29-year-old man has been arraigned on drunken-driving charges stemming from an auto accident in Grand Rapids that killed a 6-year-old boy. via WLNS-TV Lansing

“People are starting to feel better -- that the economy is not going to go under and the financial system is not going to collapse”

Oracle Corp , the world's No. 3 software maker, sold $5 billion of bonds on Wednesday, taking advantage of strong demand for corporate debt as worries about the global financial crisis eased. via BNET

A Grand Haven boy had to be airlifted to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids after he was struck by a pickup truck on Beechtree Street this afternoon. via Grand Haven Tribune

A Grand Rapids man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the June 29, 2005, slaying of 18-year-old Dionte Ward, who was shot to death among a crowd of people gathered near Bemis Street and Diamond Avenue SE. via Latest News - The Grand Rapids Press ...

“If you have a needless rivalry, it hurts the community and harms the (health care) providers”

The melding of Hackley Hospital into Mercy General Health Partners is a done deal, marking the end of Muskegon's oldest health care provider -- in name at least -- and the creation of a medical monopoly in the ... via Muskegon Chronicle

A federal judge has ordered the Michigan High School Athletic Association to pay $7.4 million in legal bills and interest for its fight to maintain a scheduling system found to have discriminated against girls. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

Authorities say a woman has died in a house fire just north of the Barry County community of Middleville. via WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

“There was a big uproar in our court caused by her”

In a shift of roles, Rockford District Judge Steven Servaas has taken the stand in a Kent County courtroom this morning where he faces charges from the state Judicial Tenure Commission. via MLive.com