The Michigan International Auto Show, presented by Gentex Corporation, kicks off at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday.

A special meeting was held in Grand Rapids Tuesday evening to consider whether or not the community should become a sanctuary city.

Over the past 24 hours, troopers from the Grand Rapids post handled 83 crashes in Ottawa, Muskegon and Kent counties.

Motorists should be prepared for slippery roads and rapid changes in visibility and road conditions due to lake effect snow, the weather service said.

Grand Rapids business leaders are expressing a little more confidence in 2025 compared to last year, despite ongoing labor constraints and housing shortages.

While the snow eased up for much of West Michigan Wednesday, a few more inches in lakeshore counties led some districts to cancel school again for Thursday.

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

West Michigan’s coldest Arctic blast since 2019 brought frigid temperatures to all and heavy lake-effect to some.

Grand Rapids Catholic Central added another big win to its resume, pushing its way into the MLive Michigan Girls Basketball Top 25 for the final week of January. Catholic Central, which had beaten a strong Portland team earlier during the season, added an impressive 53-40 victory over Division 1 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.

Leasing is now open for a 53-unit affordable apartment complex in Spring Lake that is expected to be Michigan’s first passive house-certified multifamily project.

So, fluoride helps make the tooth stronger. And it prevents the growth of those cavity-causing bacteria. Scientists have been studying the connection between fluoride and oral health in kids for over 100 years. And they kind of stumbled on it accidentally.

The Fremont girls basketball team has had several individual players step up in key moments this season as they’ve secured the top spot in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division standings. The Packers got another impressive performance Tuesday during their 80-62 win over Morley Stanwood,