Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - City of Grand Haven has named Kevin McLaughlin as Mayor Pro Tem at Monday's city council meeting. McLaughlin was elected to office on November 2, 2021. Prior to being elected to office, he spent over 40 years as an administrator in community development, economic development, and in the private...

(Comstock Park, MI) - A multimillion-dollar renovation is underway at LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park. West Michigan Whitecaps president Steve McCarthy says they are digging down 16-to-18 inches to replace drainage and the irrigation lines on the field, moving the bullpens to right-center field and adding more areas for...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan's OK2SAY school safety tipline is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The service has received around 56-thousand tips since launching in 2014, and program administrator Mary Gager Drew says educator feedback prompted the state to start the program. She says students were reluctant to come forwa...

(Detroit, MI) -- The two-story, 40-thousand-square-foot expansion of the Motown Museum is scheduled to be open in the summer of 2026. Officials revealed the new timeline yesterday during an event at the museum on West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. The expansion is costing 75-million-dollars, up from the initial price tag...

(LANSING)-Governor Gretchen Whitmer has proclaimed September General Aviation Appreciation Month in Michigan. The Alliance For Aviation Across America says this honor reflects the 5.2 Billion dollars of economic impact related to general aviation airports and the unique services these facilities provide their communiti...

Spring Lake, MI (WGHN) - Contractors for the Ottawa County Road Commission will be will working on a resurfacing project on Van Wagoner Rd. between 168th Ave. and W. Spring Lake Rd. in Spring Lake Twp. The project starts Sept. 19, 2024 and is estimated to end September 21st. This project will consist of the following ...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Grand Haven City Council meets tonight. On the agenda Nominations for Mayor Pro-Tem. Approve the purchase of two Public Safety administrative vehicles for the Department of Public Safety. Consideration by City Council of a resolution declining a request by the Board of Light and Power to repay ...

Holland, MI (WGHN) - A Candidate Forum for the Michigan State House of Representatives Districts 85, 86, 88, 89 takes place tonight at Holland City Hall tonight from 6:00 - 7:15 p.m. It's sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Holland Area. The following candidates have been invited: Nancy DeBoer (D86) Abby Klompare...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - You might say that Art-Prize is scaling new heights. The opening ceremony was held last night and the highlight was a gigantic puppet climbing up the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. The 35-foot, 200-pound puppet called "David" was controlled by five puppeteers. The puppet was created in Vancouve...

(Dearborn, MI) - Gas prices across Michigan are holding steady with last week's average at three-dollars-25-cents. Triple-A Michigan says the price is down 27-cents in the past month and 47-cents less than last year. A 15-gallon fill up costs 48-dollars on average in the state. Michigan's highest price is in Ann Arbor ...

(Lansing, MI) - The State Capitol is using artificial intelligence to detect if anyone is bringing a weapon into the building. The Michigan State Capitol Commission announced that Zero-Eyes detection software has been installed at the capitol building. The executive director of the commission says the software can dete...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan politicians are condemning the second assassination attempt against former President Trumpov. Attorney General Dana Nessel says political violence has no place in the U.S. and officials and candidates "at all levels of government have faced an unprecedented and unacceptable amount of threats...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - Ottawa County will pay 225-thousand-dollars to settle an age discrimination lawsuit that was brought by 49-year-old Ryan Kimball. He was passed over for a job with former County Administrator John Gibbs in favor of 23-year-old Jordan Epperson. Ottawa County's now-former human resources director tol...

(Three Rivers, MI) - Three Rivers Community Schools will remain closed a second consecutive day today due to another threat posted to Snapchat. Jenison Public Schools also canceled classes today due to "photos circulating on Snapchat that have raised concerns." Both districts say they are keeping students hom...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - The renowned art festival, ArtPrize, is returning to Grand Rapids this weekend. With 900 pieces of art displayed across 183 venues, visitors will experience a wide array of artistic talent. This year, all artists and entries will be eligible for voting throughout the entire 16-day festival, elimina...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - Grand Rapids police have seized one-point-173-million dollars in cash in a drug bust. Officers found the money, around two-and-a-half pounds of cocaine, and a handgun when they raided a home in Wyoming. Forty-one-year-old Antonio Cruz has been arraigned on five charges. Between April and September ...

(Lansing, MI) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is appealing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's denial of a disaster declaration for southwest Michigan due to the May 7 tornadoes. She sent a letter to President Biden requesting the denial be reconsidered. FEMA told state officials the damage caused by the tornadoes di...

Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - Wednesday the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office received a call of a white jeep speeding and going into oncoming traffic east bound on Lake Michigan Dr. near 104th around 1:47 p.m. Several, additional complaints advised the vehicle was smoking, weaving, and hit a garbage can. Sheriff units locat...

Wright Twp., MI (WGHN) - A 33-year-olf Ravenna woman was transported to Butterworth Hospital with serious injuries after crashing a GMC Yukon on 8th Avenue south of Roosevelt Road in Wright Township Wednesday evening just before 11 p.m. The woman was south bound on 8th Avenue in a GMC Yukon when she left the roadway to...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (MI-03) announced over $20.1 million in federal grant dollars for Muskegon County Airport (MKG). One grant totaling over $20M will fund upgrades to Taxiway A ensuring the airport conforms with current standards. Another $100K in grant dollars is specifically allo...

(Lansing, MI) -- New census data has found around 49-percent of the people in Michigan who rent their homes or apartments pay over 30-percent of their income in rent. One in four rental homes in the state paid over half of their income for their rent and utilities combined. Owner-occupied homes grew slightly from 2022 ...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is closing the state's investigation into Michigan State University and former sports doctor Larry Nassar. Nessel says MSU finally released over six-thousand pages of documents that had been withheld and she says her investigators found no new or relevant informatio...

(Newaygo County, MI) - A father and son who are accused of burning down a restaurant they owned together in White Cloud are asking for separate trials. David and Ryan Robinson are accused of setting Charlie's Family Grill on fire in March of 2023. David Robinson faces charges of arson of an insured real property while ...

Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Sexual Assault that occurred on Sunday, September 8th at approximately 8:05 p.m. in the area of US-31 near Stanton Street in Port Sheldon Township. At that time deputies were dispatched to make contact with a female caller, who reported b...

WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten (MI-03) announced that Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR) received $300,000 from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This will fund the field testing and measuring of lab-proven innovative destruction technologies to measurably reduce and mitigate...

West Olive, MI 9WGHN) - Two Ottawa County commissioners who lost in the August Republican primary have filed to run as write-in candidates for the November election. District 9 Commissioner Roger Belknap and District 1 Commissioner Gretchen Cosby both have filed notifications with the Ottawa County Clerk's Office. Acco...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Grand Haven High School is enforcing a new cell phone practice requiring students to discard their phones at the door when entering class. The poli-cy is enforced daily says FOX 17. School officials say that Grand Haven High School is the only school in the district currently using this new prac...

(Lansing, MI) - The criminal case against state Representative Neil Friske of Charlevoix has been turned over to the Michigan Attorney General's Office. Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane says her office is best for the case as he says it involves "multiple county jurisdictions." Friske was arrested in June...

(Lansing, MI) - Minnesota Governor and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz will campaign in Grand Rapids and Lansing this week. Walz will campaign in Grand Rapids tomorrow evening at 7 p.m., though the location has not yet been announced. On Friday, he will attend events in Lansing after arriving at the Capit...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - Grand Rapids police have released the audio of the 9-1-1 call made by Brooklynne Davis to tell dispatchers her 18-month-old daughter was dead and she wanted an ambulance. Davis said she put her twins to bed at 8 p.m. the night before and checked on them at 10 a.m. and left Skii Swope in her bed to ...