Of the more than 25,000 who applied for the program, 1,830 were accepted and just 1,074 -- including Jane Doyle -- graduated.

Dave Raczkowski | The Grand Rapids PressJames Potter, of Muskegon, left, and friends from surrounding areas finish a half-day float on the Muskegon River on Friday. NEWAYGO COUNTY -- In connected rafts, James Potter and his pals floated the Muskegon...

GRAND RAPIDS -- A service for hope and encouragement for people who have lost jobs, their homes or are separated from family members will be held at 5 p.m. Sundayin the center of Martin Luther King Jr. Park....

Some West Michigan Republicans share their thoughts on Palin's move.

AP file photoAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin Sarah Palin is resigning as Alaska governor on July 26. The one-time mayor of Wasilla, Alaska's fifth-largest city, stepped into the post in 2006, but was thrust into the national spotlight when Republican presidential...

Your guide to Rothbury, July 4 fireworks, parades and water-balloon battles, plus Summer Celebration.

AP file photoAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin Sarah Palin is resigning as Alaska governor on July 26. The one-time mayor of Wasilla, Alaska's fifth-largest city, stepped into the post in 2006, but was thrust into the national spotlight when Republican presidential...

GRAND RAPIDS - June economic indicators were much more positive for the Grand Rapids area economy compared to May, according to a survey compiled by Brian Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand...

Van Buren Hutchison ALLEGAN COUNTY -- Sheriff's detectives today arrested a man wanted in the rape and slaying of a woman whose body was found in April 1993 in the Kalamazoo River. The suspect was arrested this morning in the...

GR, like many U.S. urban centers, started to rebound in 2008, when "All of a sudden, people said, 'Wow, I want to be in those places." But such wow-factor magic hasn't worked for Flint or Detroit.