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Trump to hold first public campaign event since assassination attempt

The former president and his running mate, JD Vance, will hold a joint rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Guardian - US

Michigan GOP Convention To Allocate Delegates Amid Intraparty Chaos

Michigan GOP convention in Grand Rapids faces internal division over leadership, likely to support Trump for nomination.

Top News

Michigan Republicans prepare for fraught delegate convention

The state GOP had ousted its party chair, Kristina Karamo, in January, but she has not accepted her removal, dividing members

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George Lessens, WZZM Grand Rapids Chief Meteorologist, Sets Retirement

Has spent 43 years at hometown Fox station, will step down in December

Broadcasting & Cable

Dying thief who stole Wizard of Oz ruby slippers in 'one last score' likely to avoid jail

Terry Jon Martin stole the slippers in 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor's hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Evening Standard

Constant clouds over US Great Lakes area could hurt residents’ mental health

Grand Rapids saw just five minutes of sun in the first week of the year, while January was the cloudiest in Chicago in 129 years

The Guardian - US

Nexstar Stations Take Over CW Affiliations in 3 Markets

Grand Rapids, Mich., Sioux Falls, S.D., and Panama City, Fla., get new CW stations

Broadcasting & Cable

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Local News Close-Up: Grand Rapids Leader Stays Hot, Knock on WOOD

Three cities, two ABC affiliates in multi-hyphenated market

Broadcasting & Cable

OLD 18-year mystery solved as man pleads guilty to stealing ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers from museum

Terry Jon Martin, 76, admitted to stealing the iconic footwear from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 2005

The Independent UK

18-year mystery solved as man pleads guilty to stealing ‘Wizard of Oz’ ruby slippers from museum

Terry Jon Martin, 76, admitted to stealing the iconic footwear from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 2005

The Independent UK

Annual Commerce Lexington trip takes Council members to Grand Rapids, Michigan

Several Lexington City Council Members made a trip north this week to gather some ideas for addressing pressing issues in the state’s second-largest city.

WEKU

Dan Campbell open to the idea of holding a training camp session in West Michigan

Dan Campbell open to the idea of holding a training camp session in West Michigan after spending the weekend in Grand Rapids

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mastodon bones unearthed by Michigan work crew go on display in museum

Museum officials in Grand Rapids, Michigan, showed off mastodon bones that were unearthed last year during a drainage dig in the western part of the state and belonged to a juvenile male mastodon that lived 13,000 years ago

The Independent UK

Experts: Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya did not follow training, police standards

DETROIT — Two police experts for the family of Patrick Lyoya, a Black man killed by a White Grand Rapids police officer last year, have said the officer's conduct violated his training and acceptable police standards, according to affidavits submitted in federal court in a lawsuit against the officer and…

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The Independent UK

Police reform divides community where cop killed Black man

City leaders in Grand Rapids insist policing reforms and outreach to the Black community ensured protests following the killing of a Black motorist by a white police officer last April did not devolve into violence and destruction

Reason

Title IX Sexual Assault Cases and Extraterritoriality

From today's decision by Judge Paul Maloney (W.D. Mich.) in Doe v. Calvin Univ.: In 2020, Plaintiff Jane Doe attended Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Calvin University offered a study abroad program in the Philippines with Silliman University, a private university in Dumaguete, Philippines. Silliman University selected some of…

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Michigan State hockey lands portal commitment from Grand Rapids native

MSU has received a transfer portal commitment from a UMass transfer, Grand Rapids native:

Tribune News Service

Ex-Michigan cop ordered to stand trial in murder of Patrick Lyoya

DETROIT — Former Grand Rapids Police Department Officer Christopher Schurr is set to stand trial on second-degree murder in the killing of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya after a judge decided Friday to rejected the request by the officer's attorneys to dismiss the case.

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The Independent UK

Michigan judge orders trial of ex-cop charged with murder

A Michigan judge says a second-degree murder charge against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will go to trial

The Independent UK

Prosecutor: Don't dismiss murder charge against ex-cop

A prosecutor has asked a judge not to dismiss a second-degree murder charge against a former Grand Rapids police officer accused of shooting a Black motorist in the back of the head during a struggle over a Taser

Tribune News Service

Second ringleader in Whitmer kidnap plot sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The second of two ringleaders in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 19.6 years in prison and five years of supervised release.

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2nd ringleader in Whitmer kidnap plot sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison

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Whitmer kidnap plot ringleader sentenced to 16 years in prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of two ringleaders in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 16 years in prison and five years supervision.

WEKU

The co-leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor gets 16 years in prison

The government had pushed for a life sentence, but the judge said that punishment was not necessary to deter future similar acts.

Tribune News Service

Whitmer kidnap plot ringleader to be sentenced in federal court

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of two ringleaders in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 will be sentenced Tuesday in federal court.

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