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(Lansing, MI) - The Michigan House and Senate are both expecting to vote today on the Fiscal Year 2026 state budget. They passed a one-week extension of the 2025 budget earlier this week. House Democratic Leader Ranjeev Puri of Canton Township says the budget process this year was "a disaster."

(Lansing, MI) - Governor Whitmer says free breakfast and lunch for all public school students will continue. The budget for the current fiscal year has not yet been passed by the House and Senate, but she and legislative leaders say it will have money for the free meals. A letter sent to school districts from Whitmer a...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids is currently closed due to the federal government shutdown. A pop-up on the website informs people of the closure. The museum is part of the federal archive system and cannot be open without a budget being approved. Some ArtPrize artists have m...

(Walker, MI) - Walker-based grocery retailer Meijer is confirming plans to expand into Pennsylvania. The company says they have started acquiring property in the western part of the Keystone State based on their success in northeast Ohio. Meijer has over 500 locations in six Midwest states. The move follows an announce...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - The Fulton Street reconstruction project is moving into its final month. Crews are finishing up sewer and water tie-ins before paving begins. This week, work includes installing the sanitary sewer at the Fifth Street intersection, adding storm sewer between Fourth and Fifth, and continuing rest...

West Olive, MI (WGHN)- Celebrate National Astronomy Day! Join the Shoreline Amateur Astronomical Association on Saturday, Oct 4 at the Public Observatory at Hemlock Crossing for a free, family-friendly day of space exploration and sky watching. In case of poor weather, events will move indoors to the Nature Center. Eve...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - As temperatures cool and days grow shorter, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park invites guests to experience the splendor of fall during Mums at Meijer Gardens, on view Oct. 1-31, 2025. In its 27th year, this seasonal tradition features Michigan's largest display of chrysanthemums, alongs...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - A Grand Haven coffee shop with a mission beyond lattes and pastries is asking the community for help to keep its doors open. Kenzie's Be Café, a nonprofit that provides job training and employment opportunities for people with disabilities, has launched a $20,000 matching campaign to cov...

(Lansing, MI) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer says state government will remain open despite lawmakers not yet approving a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which began at midnight. House Appropriations Committee chairwoman Ann Bollin of Brighton Township says they "have a very good framework" on the budget and "...

Hudsonville, MI (WGHN) - A Hudsonville woman accused in the fatal shooting of her husband has been formally charged with open murder. Michelle Matos-Colon, 49, was arraigned Tuesday following the Sept. 25 incident at her Georgetown Township apartment that left her husband, 52-year-old Elieser Montano, dead. Deputies wi...

(Zeeland, MI) - JR Automation in Zeeland has received a state grant for one-point-six-million-dollars for their new headquarters. The facility is under construction now in the 800 block of Riley Street near Washington Avenue. The Michigan Strategic Board approved the grant from the Michigan Business Development Program...

(Atlanta, GA) - A new COVID-19 variant is spiking in nine states. The CDC says cases involving the XFG variant, also known as Stratus, are up in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Vermont, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. The World Health Organization says Stratus can mutate and attack the im...

(Grandville, MI) --A second bomb threat against Grandville Public Schools is being investigated. Officials say the first threat was made Monday, claiming that a bomb had been placed on one of the school's buses. That threat was determined to have been not credible and was sent from out of the country. On Monday evening...

(Grand Blanc, MI) -- Police say everyone is accounted for in the deadly attack on a Mormon church in Grand Blanc on Sunday. A vigil was held yesterday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, where Samuel Hacker is the pastor. Five people, including the shooter, were killed and eight more victims are recovering. Police say 4...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says copycat threats have been received at locations statewide after Sunday's deadly attack on an LDS church in Grand Blanc. Nessel says threats of violence, even false ones, carry serious criminal penalties. She says people can be sentenced for up to 20-years in pr...

(Tallmadge Township, MI) - A Jenison man is pleading guilty in the shooting death of a Grand Valley State University student at a house party May 9th. Nineteen-year-old Connor Lotterman died after Westen Meulenberg fired several shots through the floor when he was in an upstairs bedroom. Lotterman was downstairs and wa...

(Ottawa County, MI) - A man is in critical condition following a crash in Ottawa County. The crash happened early Sunday morning, when a vehicle driving on Leonard Street in Crockery Township went off of the road, rolled over, and landed in a field. The Ottawa Coujty Sheriff's Office says the 24-year-old male driver fr...

Grand Haven, MI (WGHN) - Ferrysburg voters will have the chance to hear candidates for Mayor and City council respond to questions in a public forum. The Ferrysburg Candidates Forum Committee will host the event at Ferrysburg City Hall on Tuesday September 30th from 7-8:30pm. The event is being moderated by local jour...

(Grand Blanc, MI) - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is speaking out after Sunday's violent attack at an LDS church in Michigan. Spokesperson Doug Andersen called the shooting a "tragic act of violence" and says the church is cooperating with local authorities and is in contact with emergency r...

(Grand Blanc Township, MI) - Exactly what prompted 40-year-old Thomas Sanford of Burton to open fire on people at a Grand Blanc Township church Sunday morning remains under investigation. Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Reyne says the FBI is involved in the investigation. Police found three improvised expl...

LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the State of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff immediately to honor and remember the victims of the shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-...

(Lansing, MI) - Michigan State Police are starting a statewide effort to crack down on reckless and distracted drivers today. Troopers will be enforcing the Fail to Move Over Law that requires drivers to move over one lane and slow to ten-miles-an-hour under the speed limit for first responders and tow trucks on the ro...

(Dearborn, MI) - Gas prices in Michigan are down 14-cents a gallon in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now down to three-dollars-three-cents, 35-cents less than last month and 44-cents less than last year. The most expensive gas is in Ann Arbor at three-dollars-14-cents, and Jackson has the mo...

(Washington, DC) - President Trump is reacting to the deadly church shooting in Michigan. Trump condemned the shooting as yet another apparent "targeted attack on Christians" in the U.S. Trump said he's been briefed on the "horrendous" attack that left at least one person dead and multiple injured a...

(Grand Blanc, MI) - Two people have died and at least nine others are hurt after an attack an LDS church in Michigan. Police say the suspect rammed his car through the front doors of the Mormon church and opened fire on the hundreds of congregrants. The suspect shot ten people, killing one, and also set the church on f...

CROCKERY TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A 24-year-old motorcyclist from Coopersville is dead following a fatal crash early Saturday morning in Ottawa County. According to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched around 9:39 a.m. to the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Leonard Street near 129th Avenue in Crocker...

Georgetown Twp., MI (WGHN) - A 52-year-old man is dead and a woman is in custody following a Thursday morning shooting in Georgetown Township, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called around 9:12 a.m. to the 100 block of Brookmeadow Court, where they found the man dead from gunshot wounds. ...

(Lansing, MI) - A tentative agreement on the Fiscal Year 2026 budget has been reached in Lansing. Democratic Representative Alabas Farhat says they fought to keep healthcare, public safety, and education funding in place. Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks, and House Speaker Matt Hall re...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - The woman who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975 in San Francisco has died. Sara Jane Moore was 95-years-old and died Wednesday, two years after the 50th anniversary of her assassination attempt. Moore shot a revolver from about 50-feet away at Ford, missing with her f...

(Grand Rapids, MI) - Soccer fans across Grand Rapids are getting excited, as the city will find out the name of its MLS Next Pro soccer team on Saturday. The event will take place on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m. at Calder Plaza in downtown. The team's home venue will be the new 85-hundred seat Amway Stadium, which is c...