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The Grand rapids Board of Education is seeking a new trustee after one suddenly stepped down, a protest in Detroit urged Michigan's U.S. senators to block funding for ICE, and more.

Students gathered at GVSU on Tuesday to demand it designate itself as a sanctuary campus, a Michigan Court of Claims judge has set a Friday hearing on whether to block an official opinion that restored $645 million in grants that were abruptly cut by a GOP controlled state House committee, and more.

Pine Rest has a new externship program, a final push is coming to gather enough signatures to hold a referendum on last year's Michigan minimum wage law, and more.

Shipping vessels have been experiencing delays for the past several weeks across the Great Lakes due to ice cover. The shipping season ends on January 15 with the closure of the Soo Locks

A study by MoneyGeek based its findings on federal crash and travel data

The Christkindl Markt is back at the Downtown Market in Grand Rapids, the Kent County Animal Shelter is experiencing an influx in surrendered pets, MDARD offers pet safety tips for the Holiday weekend, and more.

This is opening day for the new $11M Holland Window on the Waterfront ice skating park. Hot cocoa and other concessions are available and, in the near future, alcoholic beverages may also be allowed

Activists gathered to urge Senator Slotkin to intervene in the release of one of their members detained by ICE, Many Michigan Republicans got their first chance to hear from the party's candidates for governor over the weekend, and more.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with educators to talk about the rising cost of school supplies due to recent tariffs,Immigration advocates are trying to stop more than a dozen Hmong and Laotian refugees from being deported, and more.

Congresswoman Hillary Scholten held a town hall meeting in Rockford Friday afternoon, a shuttered Grand Rapids Family Fare is being demolished to make way for an apartment building, and more.