Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
GRAND RAPIDS — The city’s top elected and appointed officials won’t be around to greet Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday. Mayor George Heartwell, city commissioners James White, Rosalynn Bliss and Walter Gutowski were scheduled to attend a Michigan Municipal…
Grand Rapids teachers union leaders are crying foul, saying district leaders aren’t playing by the same rules they insist the labor groups follow. Weeks ago, union President Paul Helder was soundly rebuked by Superintendent Bernard Taylor after Helder asked to…
The man suspected of murdering a Grand Rapids Creston High School student killed himself this afternoon in a 28th Street hotel as police acting on a tip closed in. Kyle Keenan, 21, right, shot himself to death in a room at the America’s Best Inn & Suites. (Press Photo)
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Getting ahead of Sen. Barack Obama’s rally in Grand Rapids Thursday, the McCain campaign announced today that a top black Republican surrogate will visit Wednesday. Michael Steele, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, will tour the 44th Street operation of…
Press Photo/Lance WynnA wreath stands in the yard of 18757 Eighth Ave. in Wright Township as investigators examine the remains of a house where four people died in a fire Monday morning. Handwritten messages on the cross read, “Sharm, Tyler,…
Freighters may continue to wash unlimited quantities of coal, limestone and other dry cargo residues into the Great Lakes under a new federal policy. On the Web www.regulations.gov(Type 2004-19621 in search field). Public comments will be accepted until Jan. 15,…
The effects of a nationwide financial meltdown were becoming more and more evident in Leelanau County this week.
The crowning of homecoming king and queen, such as took place in Hamilton last Friday, above, may seem to be a small thing. But at Wyoming’s Rogers High School, hundreds of students and parents have signed a petition to protest plans to push the ceremony from its traditional halftime slot.
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Outgoing director Iliana Ordaz-Jeffries The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids has appointed Caroline Older as its new executive director, succeeding departing executive director Iliana Ordaz-Jeffries. A newcomer to West Michigan with a background in art history and museum work,…
• Cedar Springs: Consultant hosts forum on replacing superintendent CEDAR SPRINGS — The search is on for Superintendent Andy Booth’s successor, although it could be several months before anyone knows who is in the running. • Comstock Park: School board…