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.

A federal jury has issued a conviction in the case of $700,000 stolen from Four Winds Casino Hartford in Michigan.

A federal jury has convicted a Chicago, Illinois man for posing as a tribal chairperson and stealing thousands of dollars from a West Michigan casino.

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

As the general sale for all previously announced “All American Road Show” concerts opened this morning, Chris Stapleton released new tour dates in Charlottesville, Grand Rapids, Chicago, Noblesville,

The junior from Grand Rapids topped her previous best of 24 set New Year's Day against Purdue by knocking down a career-high 12 of 19 from the field.

How to watch Michigan State vs. Illinois basketball. Game time: Noon ET, Sunday, Jan. 19. TV: CBS. CBS announcers Spero Dedes and Clark Kellogg will call the action. Online stream

Theryn Hallock scored 15 of her career-best 26 points in the fourth quarter as the No. 22 Michigan State women rolled to an 86-68 win over Illinois on Sunday.

Sentencings were issued in a years-long international scheme that frequently targeted elderly or vulnerable people.

“Intensity of snowfall will increase over the next few hours,” the NWS meteorologists in Grand Rapids said. “Traffic cameras across Illinois and Indiana show this heavier snowfall coming to Lower Michigan and bringing slick roads and reduced visibilities. These conditions will impact the Friday evening commute.”

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Construction on a $9 million renovation and extension of Oxford Trail — a pedestrian path that starts at Butterworth Park, crosses the Grand River, and connects to the Black Hills neighborhood — is expected to begin this summer.

Chase Stokes said he has “an obnoxious amount of FOMO” after his girlfriend, singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini, kicked off her first-ever arena tour on Tuesday night (January 21). Ballerini shared some of the photos by photographer Catherine Powell from the first show of the tour in Grand Rapids,