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2 hrs ago | WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Body found in Coldwater's South Lake

Two fishermen found a body floating in South Lake in Coldwater. The Coldwater Police Department and Branch County Sheriff's Department dive team arrived at the scene around 4 p.m. Monday.

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Related Topix: Coldwater, MI, Branch County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro

11 hrs ago | WXYZ

Feds: MI Arsonist Key Informant

For the first time, the government is publicly acknowledging the wide-ranging undercover role of a Detroit man who committed arson at Michigan State University and cooperated in an investigation of ...

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids Metro

Mon Oct 13, 2008

MLive.com

Continue reading "President Bush plans visit to west Michigan"

President Bush has scheduled a trip to Kent County to meet with local business leaders.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Kent County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Ada, MI

News Journal

Report: GM to shut plants in Michigan and Wisconsin

WYOMING, Mich. - In the wake of General Motors Corp.'s announcement Monday that the slump in U.S. automotive sales will shutter a plant in Janesville, Wisc., workers at a stamping plant in southwestern Grand ...

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Related Topix: Wyoming, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, GMC Yukon, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC, Chevrolet

Grand Haven Tribune

Allendale motorcyclist killed in Grand Rapids

An Allendale man was killed Sunday evening after apparently losing control of his motorcycle on an exit ramp, Michigan State Police said.

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Related Topix: Allendale, MI, Grand Rapids Metro

Detnews.com

14-year-old shot during Michigan toilet paper prank

A toilet paper prank has led to the shooting of a 14-year-old by a southwestern Michigan man who believed strangers were trying to break into his home.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro

Grand Rapids Press

Gala opens Opera Grand Rapids season/B

Opera Grand Rapids will open its 41st year with a preview of its season plus a celebration of the 150th birthday of Giacomo Puccini.

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Related Topix: Arts, Grand Rapids Metro, Opera, Giacomo Puccini, Entertainment

Sun Oct 12, 2008

WTKG-AM Grand Rapids

Teachers Fire New Shot Across GRPS Bow

Subs stay home. That message is going out from the Grand Rapids teachers' union to substitute teachers, according to 24-Hour News-8. The union's not on strike yet, but teachers are in their second scholastic ...

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro

Traverse City Record-Eagle

Police confiscate truckload of food

Michigan State Police have confiscated a shipment of unrefrigerated food headed to Grand Rapids stores.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Agriculture, Science

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Fed-up neighbor has proposition for Grand Rapids prostitutes: Leave

Darcy, who asked her last name be withheld, watches for illegal activity at the Landmark Motel on 28th Street SE.

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Sat Oct 11, 2008

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Passenger dies, pilot hurt in Montcalm crash

A single-engine plane has crashed in Montcalm County, killing a passenger and injuring the pilot.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro

MLive.com

Muskegon man dies after suffering head injurires froim falling off moving car

A 20-year-old Muskegon man who fell off the back of a moving car died Saturday at Spectrum Health Butterworth hospital, according to a nursing supervisor.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Ottawa County, MI

Battle Creek Enquirer

Police confiscate truckload of food near Ionia

Michigan State Police have confiscated a shipment of unrefrigerated food headed to Grand Rapids stores.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Agriculture, Science

WZZM

Woman hits two people, flees scene

Two people are recovering this morning after being hit by a car in Grand Rapids.

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MLive.com

Mini Cooper dealer makes big splash in Grand Rapids

Hot little wheels are rolling into the Grand Rapids market next week, with the grand opening of West Michigan's first Mini Cooper dealership.

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Related Topix: Mini Cooper, Mini, Grand Rapids Metro

Fri Oct 10, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Reward increased in west Michigan murder case

Hide Video Relatives of Janna Kelly are now offering $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever killed the Grand Rapids businesswoman.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Ottawa County, MI, Grand Haven, MI

WILX-TV Lansing

Guns Found In Gas Tank

A Michigan state trooper caught a Canadian driving a car with a secret compartment inside the gas tank.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Van Buren County, MI

Grand Rapids Press

Mannheim Steamroller to make Grand Rapids stop

NW, on Nov. 23. Tickets, $77, $60, $50, $40 and $30, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, said SMG, DeVos Performance Hall's management company.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Mannheim Steamroller, New-Age

Art Daily

Richard Avedon: Larger Than Life Opens at Grand Rapids Art Museum

Richard Avedon, Provo, Utah, August 20, 1980. ©2008 The Richard Avedon Foundation.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Photography, Arts, America's Next Top Model, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Funny Face, Short, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Business Wire

Fitch Revises Outlook on Grand Rapids Public Schools, Michigan 'A' COPs to Negative

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' rating for Grand Rapids Public Schools, MI's certificates of participation as follows: --$6.4 million COPs Evidencing Undivided ...

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Grand Rapids, Michigan is located in Kent County and is part of the Grand Rapids Metro Area. Zip codes in Grand Rapids, MI include 49504, 49503, and 49507.

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