A Grand Valley State University economics expert said the West Michigan economy will experience modest growth in 2013, while health-related sectors and manufacturing will see slowing growth.
Relatives of four West Michigan missionaries killed when their vehicle slid down a Haiti hillside are working with officials in that country to return the bodies to Grand Rapids.
A Grand Rapids woman has been sentenced to serve a year of probation for posting a fake online ad offering sex with a woman with whom she argued outside a Meijer store.
A 21-year-old Grand Rapids man has been jailed on a $750,000 bond, accused of being drunk when he ran a traffic signal in his SUV, struck a car, killed an 8-year-old girl and fled the scene.