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(Grand Rapids, MI) - Grand Rapids native and Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland is dead at the age of 24. The Cowboys announced Kneeland's death Thursday morning, but did not provide a cause of death. Kneeland recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown in the Cowboys' game against the Arizona Cardinals on Monday nig...

(Grand Haven Township, MI) - Police say a 40-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital after he crashed hid Jeep in Grand Haven Township Wednesday morning around 9:22 a.m. He hit a tree on Mercury Drive after he didn't stop at the intersection of Mercury and Comstock Street. The Jeep rolled over, and he was thrown out o...

(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be issued starting Saturday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reduce the payments to 50-percent of normal for one-point-four-million Michiganders who are eligible for the fede...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN)- After 17 years of service, Bluebird Cancer Retreats announces the upcoming retirement of Executive Director, Renee Denslow. Since joining Bluebird in 2008, Renee has been the face, heart, and guiding force behind their mission to enhance the lives of those experiencing cancer. Under her thought...

(Lansing, MI) - Bipartisan bills are under consideration by the state House to increase the penalty for drivers who hit and injure pedestrians or bicyclists. The bills would make that a five-year felony also punishable by a five-thousand-dollar fine. If a pedestrian or bicyclist is killed, the penalty would be ten-year...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Grand Haven residents voted Tuesday to support a millage request from the city's Department of Public Safety to upgrade its Washington Avenue headquarters. The proposal passed with 1,835 yes votes (58.44%) to 1,305 no votes (41.56%). The approved 2-mill levy will be collected over 10 years and ...

(Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Sarah Kallio and Erin Lyon have won seats on the Grand Haven City Council in Tuesday's general election, finishing ahead of Dennis Scott. Kallio received 2,055 votes (38.11%), while Lyon earned 1,993 votes (36.96%). Scott received 1,344 votes (24.93%). In the mayoral race, incumbent Bob Monetz...

(Kalamazoo, MI) -- Mayoral elections in Kalamazoo, Portage, Muskegon, Holland, and South Haven resulted in another term for the mayors of each city. Muskegon voters have reelected Mayor Ken Johnson. Johnson won (62.8%) to challenger Bob Garretson's(37.2%), according to the Muskegon County Clerk's Office. However, North...

(St. Ignace, MI) - One person has jumped to their death from the Mackinac Bridge. A Mackinac County Sheriff's Office spokesperson says it happened around 1:10 p.m. yesterday. Jumps from the bridge connecting Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas are rare, and the last time it happened was on New Year's Eve in 2012 when...

(Lansing, MI) -- A Michigan House committee has taken testimony from three people who are seeking to reverse the effects of gender-affirming care they received. The House Oversight Child Welfare System Subcommittee also heard from a woman that conservative activists hail as a whistleblower against healthcare providers ...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - It's Election Day in Ottawa County. Polls are open from seven this morning until eight tonight. In Grand Haven, Mayor Bob Monetza is running unopposed - so he'll stay in office for another two years. Current councilmembers Karen Lowe and Kevin McLaughlin aren't running again. And there's an ope...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The City of Grand Haven has approved a new deer management plan. The plan allows for an annual cull - up to 40 percent of the deer population, or no more than 50 deer a year - based on state DNR guidance and permits. Mayor Bob Monetza: A study earlier this year found more than a hundred deer li...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the U.S. Department of Agriculture providing just partial Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding for November "will not be enough." Nessel says she is "gravely concerned" over a delayed, partial SNAP payment. She says over a milli...

(Detroit, MI) - Two men are now facing federal charges for an alleged terrorism plot that authorities say was targeting the LGBTQ community. Twenty-year-olds Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud were arraigned yesterday after they and three other people were arrested by the FBI on Friday. The government's case is 73-pages long...

(Zeeland, MI) - Zeeland is a step closer to allowing alcohol sales on Sunday. The city council voted 6-to-1 last night to approve a preliminary decision to end the ban on alcohol sales on that day within city limits. A final vote is scheduled to happen November 17. The city council also approved expanding Zeeland's soc...

(Ottawa County, MI) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says cases of bird flu across West Michigan continue to increase. The bird flu, called highly pathogenic avian influenza, has been confirmed in a commercial flock in Ottawa County, making the third case detected in the county in just the...

(Muskegon County, MI) - No serious injuries are being reported following a school bus crash in Muskegon County. The crash happened Monday morning just before 7 a.m. when a Ravenna Public Schools bus went into a ditch and struck a pole on Sullivan Road in Sullivan Township, bringing down power lines. The students onboar...

(Dearborn, MI) - Two suspects in the alleged Michigan terror plot are now facing federal charges. Last week, FBI Director Kash Patel announced five people had been arrested for "allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend." Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud are scheduled to appear in court this afte...

(Dearborn, MI) - The attorney representing a man arrested in Michigan as part of what the FBI said was a foiled terror plot says there's no evidence. Five people from Dearborn and Inkster were taken into custody Friday for what senior law enforcement said was a plan tied to ISIS to attack somewhere in the U.S. Some of ...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Two suspects have been charged in connection to an armed robbery that led to a high-speed police chase across West Michigan last week. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says 21-year-old Jose Rosales-Torres of Holland and a 16-year-old male were arraigned Friday in Grand Haven's 58th District C...

(Ann Arbor, MI) - OpenAI and Oracle are partnering with billionaire megadonor Stephen Ross' Related Digital to open a data center outside Ann Arbor. The plan calls for a 250-acre campus in Saline Township. The Michigan Public Service Commission still needs to approve the plan. As part of the agreement, the data center ...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Northbound U.S. 31 was shut down for several hours Saturday morning after a crash involving a semi truck and an SUV at M-45. The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says a semi driven by a 52-year-old man from Shipshewana, Indiana, ran a red light at Lake Michigan Drive and hit a Chevrolet Trailblaz...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - Meijer is going to donate four million dollars to food banks and pantries in all six states it resides in through the company's Simply Give hunger relief program. The Grand-Rapids based chain will distribute a portion of the funding to eight major food banks with infrastructure capable of serving l...

(Dearborn, MI) - Michigan drivers are paying ten-cents a gallon less to fill up the tank today compared to last week. Triple-A Michigan says the statewide average price is two-dollars-97-cents, 19-cents less than last month and 20-cents less than last year. The highest price in the state is in Ann Arbor at three-dollar...

Ottawa County, MI (WGHN) - An armed robbery at a West Olive gas station Wednesday morning led to a high-speed police chase across county lines. Deputies were called just before 11 a.m. to the West Olive One-Stop on West Olive Road, where two suspects allegedly held a store clerk at gunpoint and stole merchandise. The c...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - A major infrastructure project that started on Fulton Avenue in Grand Haven wraps up this week. The $3 million project, which included water main and sewer line replacements, and new road and sidewalk construction Crews are finishing the top layer of pavement between First and Fifth streets thi...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - In a press release from the City of Grand Haven, The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says maintenance dredging began earlier this fall to clear about 43,000 cubic yards of material from the federal channel. The project, handled by The King Company of Holland, was delayed earlier in the year while ...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is joining lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture for suspending SNAP. The program helps more than 40 million Americans buy food. The suit claims SNAP is being unlawfully suspended due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. Nearly 13-percen...

(Washington, DC) -- The federal government remains shutdown. The Senate tried again Thursday to end the stalemate, but Democrats are holding firm on demands to save health care subsidies that keep insurance premiums down for millions, while Republicans are refusing to negotiate until the government is reopened. Food as...

This is a contributed article from Trinity Health. Holly Alway, injury prevention coordinator at Trinity Health, discusses some simple steps parents can take to keep their kids safe on Halloween Every Halloween, kids look forward to putting on their costume and going door-to-door with the goal of filling their buckets ...