Many school districts have closed Thursday, Jan. 23, as snowfall continues - particularly along the lakeshore - in a weeklong winter storm.

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.

After every public school district in West Michigan cancelled school on Tuesday, Jan. 21 due to severe weather and extreme cold, over 50 West Michigan school districts will remain closed on Wednesday,

The West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce plans to break ground this spring on a new $9.3 million headquarters, after recently acquiring the property on Grand Rapids’ southwest side and receiving initial approval for nearly $715,

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

Impressive amounts of snow have fallen since Sunday leaving portions of West Michigan under over a foot of snowfall.

Trinity Health Muskegon recently achieved a significant milestone by successfully implanting AVEIR DR, the world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system designed to effectively treat abnormal or slow heart rhythms.

While the snow eased up for much of West Michigan Wednesday, a few more inches in lakeshore counties led some districts to cancel school again for Thursday.

If it feels like lake-effect snow has constantly been in West Michigan’s forecast for the last several days - it has. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Rapids released a long list of 96-hour snow totals today.

The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow

With widespread school closings in West Michigan this week, some districts have now seen a half dozen or more snow days this school year.

Winter is in full swing, and with it comes the inevitable task of snow removal.For those looking to spare their back from shoveling, a local app developer has