Many school districts have closed Thursday, Jan. 23, as snowfall continues - particularly along the lakeshore - in a weeklong winter storm.

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

The West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce plans to break ground this spring on a new $9.3 million headquarters, after recently acquiring the property on Grand Rapids’ southwest side and receiving initial approval for nearly $715,

After every public school district in West Michigan cancelled school on Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to severe weather and extreme cold, over 50 West Michigan school districts will remain closed on Wednesday,

While the snow eased up for much of West Michigan Wednesday, a few more inches in lakeshore counties led some districts to cancel school again for Thursday.

A chain reaction crash developed Tuesday morning in white-out conditions along Interstate 94 in West Michigan.

Three West Michigan chefs from Traverse City and Saugatuck are James Beard Award semifinalists for the four-state Great Lakes region.

Over the past 24 hours, troopers from the Grand Rapids post handled 83 crashes in Ottawa, Muskegon and Kent counties.

The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow

After announcing her bid to be Michigan's next governor, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson visited West Michigan Wednesday afternoon to kick off her campaign.

With widespread school closings in West Michigan this week, some districts have now seen a half dozen or more snow days this school year.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Many West Michigan schools are closed Tuesday, Jan. 21, with bitter cold temperatures and lake-effect snow showers making travel hazardous. High temperatures are expected to be in the single digits with winds chills dropping to -10 to -20 degrees,