In 1989, Lumpkins was awarded the Walter Coe Public Service Award through Grand Rapids Community College’s Giants Award program—a recognition for someone who had been profoundly influenced by ...

Sponsor brief — Grand Rapids Community College has extended its application period for the Inherit the Dream Scholarship, an annual $1,000 award in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There is ...

Sloop initially took a ceramics course in college but didn’t ... her new pottery studio on Grand Rapids’ west side. She hopes the business becomes a place for artists to learn the craft, develop ...

This Black History Month, district leaders are renaming a Grand Rapids Public School in honor of a historic figure.

The City of Grand Rapids is inviting anyone with disaster-prep know-how (or those in need of it!) to a series of Community Preparedness Workshops on February 26 & 27 and March 5 & 6. These ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom said his officers will not be arresting or detaining people solely on the basis of an immigration violation. Winstrom made the comment ...

The significance of the school system was highlighted and celebrated during the GRPS State of Our Schools address held ...

Mayor David LaGrand said immigrants are an integral part of the Grand Rapids community and that city officials should do everything they can to support them. He said the rhetoric around ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Three people are in the hospital following a Saturday morning house fire in Grand Rapids. Around 7:20 a.m., crews with the Grand Rapids Fire Department were sent to ...

The search for a woman who disappeared in a Grand ... community. In November, a 78-year-old Clay Township man's body was pulled from Anchor Bay after he went missing. Last June, Grand Rapids ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Leadriane Roby delivered her first State of the Schools address ...

“Sanctuary city for us would be a few things,” said Jeff Smith, an organizer with Grand Rapids Rapid Response to ICE. “It’s a way of making a public statement to the effective ...