Extreme Heat

A group of 180 volunteers tackled the job of building a new playground at Gerald R. Ford Academic Center Friday, despite oppressively high temperatures

West Michigan Tonight, Alzheimer's Awareness, holiday safety for pets, First Steps Kent and RX Kids, The 100th National Cherry Festival, and Osteopathic Medicine.

Advocates recently gathered at Grand Rapids' Heartside Park calling for environmental justice, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has filed a request to make low interest recovery loans available to those hit by major flooding earlier this year, and more.

The National Weather Service forecasts a massive heat “dome” will blister Michigan and a vast swath of the country this week.The scorching temperatures will likely produce days of dangerously-hot conditions

Preventing pediatric vehicular heatstroke, the Sweetgrass Moon Cafe, Print Day, Founders Brewing, and May is Water Safety Month.

NHTSA Safety Specialist Laura Dunn talks about the Heatstroke Prevention Campaign

Chad Veeser, Emergency Management Officer, talks about this free service, and how to take advantage.

Like much of the Midwest, Grand Rapids is experiencing an intense heat wave, conditions dangerous for the city’s unhoused, but cooling centers are helping.

The Right Place and West Michigan manufacturers have developed an AI roadmap, USA Today named the Ford International Airport a reader’s choice finalist, the DNR is working to improve their fisheries, and more.

Dee Morrison looks at the large need for foster families in Kent County, MDOT is hosting a meeting about M-46, Ottawa County is exploring micro homes as a solution to the housing crisis, and more.