Disaster

Staff Sgt Adam Szabo, Michigan National Guard Soldier, joins in with the details.

Chad Veeser, Emergency Management Officer for Michigan 211, joins in with the details.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has requested that President Donald Trump declare a major disaster in response to multiple tornado touchdowns in southwest Michigan in March

Michigan created eight regional Health Care Coalitions in 2002 to coordinate hospitals and emergency services responding to incidents. Proposed federal funding cuts could impact vital services

The Kent Area Narcotic Enforcement team seizes over $1 Million in drugs, Ottawa County Clerk's Office and communications Department win national award in elections, Grand Rapids may close or consolidate in person polling places, and more.

In August 2023, the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century reduced much of the Hawaiian town of Lahaina to ashes, killing more than 100 people and displacing thousands. Could the fire’s catastrophic toll have been prevented? WGVU’s Patrick Center talks with filmmaker Xinyan Yu.

Home fires remain the nation’s most frequent disaster

Grand Rapids has been named one of the country's best run cities, absentee ballots for the August primary have been mailed out, Cannonsburg is hosting the Kids Mountain Bike Race and Fun Run, and more.

Emergency Management Officer Chad Veeser talks about the cleanup efforts and more.

Many businesses in northern Michigan and the UP can apply for economic relief because their counties are already under drought declarations. But other parts of the state can’t tap into those funds