The Michigan International Auto Show, presented by Gentex Corporation, kicks off at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday.
If it feels like lake-effect snow has constantly been in West Michigan’s forecast for the last several days - it has. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Rapids released a long list of 96-hour snow totals today.
Motorists should be prepared for slippery roads and rapid changes in visibility and road conditions due to lake effect snow, the weather service said.
The 2025 calendar year has been a blessing for many Muskegon-area girls basketball teams, as conference rivals and non-conference showdowns have brought out their best efforts and showcased their true potential.
Grand Rapids business leaders are expressing a little more confidence in 2025 compared to last year, despite ongoing labor constraints and housing shortages.
Vibrant Futures secured a $750,000 SBA grant to launch a women’s business center supporting child care operators in West Michigan.
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Michigan girls basketball Top 25 adds Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Grand Rapids Catholic Central added another big win to its resume, pushing its way into the MLive Michigan Girls Basketball Top 25 for the final week of January. Catholic Central, which had beaten a strong Portland team earlier during the season, added an impressive 53-40 victory over Division 1 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.
Impressive amounts of snow have fallen since Sunday leaving portions of West Michigan under over a foot of snowfall.
Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.
In Grand Rapids, 20 of the first 27 days of January brought high temperatures at or below the freezing point. That has helped in developing ice. Ice coverage is near average for Lake Michigan, while the deficit is larger for Lake Superior, Ontario and Huron. Lake Erie has a substantial surplus.
The top 10 teams in the Michigan high school basketball poll, with records in parentheses. Totals are based on 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for second, etc.:
Over the past 24 hours, troopers from the Grand Rapids post handled 83 crashes in Ottawa, Muskegon and Kent counties.