A Grand Rapids-based nonprofit providing free meals to disadvantaged school children will grow its presence along the lakeshore after acquiring a new facility for $1.8 million in Muskegon.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids has a unique claim to fame - it was the first city in the world to add fluoride to its public water supply to prevent tooth decay. In Michigan’s second largest city, community water fluoridation has been in practice in some form for 80 years.

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.

West Michigan secures $3.3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits to develop 92 affordable housing units in Wyoming and Muskegon.

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

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

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.

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.

CALHOUN COUNTY, MI – A passenger was seriously injured when a vehicle struck a tree in Southwest Michigan. The single-vehicle crash happened at 10:13 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, near M Drive South and 2 Mile Road in Athens Township, according to a news release from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office.

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