Grand Traverse County Traverse City, MI
Supported by a ruling by the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Nancy Wilson is fighting to get her job back. The county is fighting four rulings in her favor, saying Wilson used her position to go through the private medical file of a relative’s 7-month-old son.
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SAUGATUCK — Conservationists are a step closer to preserving the south half of the former Denison Lake Michigan dune land, but the next step is the most difficult — raising $25 million to close the deal. Aubrey McClendon, the billionaire…
Press file photo | Mark CopierI’d rather walk: Kathleen Verduin, an English professor at Hope College, braved the Dec. 19 snowstorm and walked six blocks to a meeting on campus, fearing her car wouldn’t get through the snow. Yes, December…
Grand River’s December thaw YouTube version ROCKFORD — The icy backwaters of the Rogue River were spilling into the parking lot next to the Rockford dam as a pair of city workers took a measure of control — not…
An unidentified man walks across the Sixth Street Bridge on Friday as ice piles up in the Grand River below. Thanks to all the snow and rain hitting the region, 2008 likely will become the wettest year on record in the Grand Rapids area. (Press Photo/Jon M. Brouwer)
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By early 2010, Kent County hopes to open a new recycling facility allowing residents to dump all recyclable materials — from paper to glass and plastic — into bins without sorting. This recycling center in Horry County, S.C., is the model Kent County is using. (Courtesy Photo)
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An Amtrak train backs into the Grand Rapids station after arriving 12 hours late from Chicago on Monday morning. The state has asked Amtrak to explain what happened on that trip and to make plans to prevent such long delays. (Press Photo/Lori Niedenfuer Cool)
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Eric Kuhl HOLLAND — Eric Kuhl weighed his options — wait on the stuck Amtrak train for who-knows-how-long, or make a break for it. The 24-year-old East Grand Rapids native bolted. Kuhl said he had no real plan to escape…
Dan Davis, of Chicago, hugs his mom, Marty Davis, of Greenville, after finally arriving at the Grand Rapids Amtrak station on Monday morning after the train was delayed 12 hours. (Press Photo/Hollyn Johnson)
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• Passenger jumped from train near Holland
• Passenger rights group may take up train delays
Ted Boersma, of Richfield Springs, N.Y., center, is helped off the Amtrak train in Grand Rapids by his son-in-law, Phil Stewart, left, and daughter Ruth Stewart, both of Grand Rapids, on Monday morning after the train was delayed 12 hours. (Press Photo/Hollyn Johnson)
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