Your 2025 guide to Grand Rapids ArtPrize
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LOCAL NEWS
Sep
2025
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Okemos female wrestler sues district, coach over serious injuries suffered in practice
A 94-pound girl on the Okemos boys wrestling team who says she was critically injured in a December 2024 practice after being paired against a much larger boy and body-slammed three times is suing the school district.
Aug
2025
19
Michigan State University Board of Trustees approve memorial to commemorate 2023 shooting tragedy
The MSU Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a plan to build a permanent memorial to honor the victims of the shooting that gripped the MSU community in 2023.
Aug
2025
15
Wake boats make big waves, bigger clashes on Michigan lakes. Time for limits?
A handful of states have laws limiting wakeboarding to specific areas or deeper waters, while a push to do so in Michigan last year was dead in Lansing.
Aug
2025
15
Kellogg says it will remove artificial dyes from cereals by the end of 2027
WK Kellogg Co. plans to remove artificial dyes from its breakfast cereals in the next two and a half years.
Aug
2025
13
Michigan jury awards nearly $60M to man who said his rights were violated by prosecutor
A jury awarded nearly $60 million Tuesday to a man who accused a disgraced Michigan prosecutor and a police officer of violating his rights.
Aug
2025
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Wayne County judge halts plan to dump Manhattan Project radioactive waste in Van Buren Township
A Wayne County judge has blocked radioactive waste leftover from the Manhattan Project from being dumped at a Van Buren Township landfill.
Aug
2025
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Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history
The Alabama home where MLK planned key civil rights marches has found a new Michigan home as President Trump's administration targets race-centered history.
Jul
2025
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Small school, big achievement: Wolverine Elementary earns top honor in Northern Michigan
‘We are, over time, doing a better job of putting teachers—the people who are closest to the work—in positions where they have actual authority over decision making.’
Jun
2025
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2 Chinese scientists will stay in jail while accused of bringing biological material to US
Two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States for use at the University of Michigan will remain in custody after waiving their right to a hearing Friday in federal court.
