Grand Rapids Local Pulse

Safety Alerts

• 🔥 Comstock Park Explosion: New 911 call audio and neighbor accounts released from the fatal house explosion in Plainfield...

No significant updates today.

No significant updates today.

What began as a chaotic early-morning blast north of Grand Rapids quickly shifted to a deliberate act.

• Initial scene: A man was found dead and a...

• UV index climbs as we near the June 21 solstice, with sun angle nearly matching peak summer today
• Dry stretch ahead after tomorrow's isolated rain...

Kentwood police arrested a man for allegedly assaulting a teen girl and 66-year-old woman on the same day earlier this month.

A woman died Monday morning attempting to hop a train near Market Avenue and Wealthy Street.

Witness Jacob Davis saw her failed first try, realized...

Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. is launching workshops and bootcamps with Start Garden to help entrepreneurs launch retail, food, and recreation businesses...

A Grand Rapids mother struggles with her 18-year-old son's stabbing death, remembering her final words "I love you" before he left Saturday night and repeating "I just don’t get it."

Breaking News

• 🔥 Fatal Shooting: A man died at the hospital after a shooting on the 1900 block of South Division Avenue early Sunday morning,...

A fatal shooting early Sunday on Grand Rapids' south side left one man dead, with police and residents offering contrasting views of the chaos.

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Two local reports align on the details of Monday's fatal train incident.

• A woman was struck and killed near Market Avenue and Wealthy Street around...

Michigan homeowners keep paying property taxes after Ax MI Tax missed the ballot by 26,772 signatures.

• Wagner's run: Founder Karla Wagner's...

Grand Rapids marked Memorial Day with a parade and ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park.

• Parade view: Led by Grand Rapids Police Department Honor...

AC Grand Rapids has hired B.J. Snow as vice president of sporting operations and strategy to build the club's sporting side ahead of its 2027...

Walker police, working with Kent County Sheriff's Office, used a drone and K-9 unit to quickly track down and arrest a 42-year-old Grand Rapids man...

Over 10,400 residents lost power shortly before 11 a.m. Monday in outages south of Grand Rapids.

• Impact spans Kent and Ottawa counties near Jenison,...

Aerial fly-over footage shows the Portage tornado's lasting mark on the city, with damage still evident in the scar it left behind one year after the...

Violent Incidents

• 🔥 Travelodge Shooting: Two men were injured in a shooting at the Travelodge Motel in Walker, with a 50-year-old man taken...

Armed protesters rallied at Calder Plaza demanding Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker reverse his April decision that the Grand Rapids officer who...