A crash has closed a portion of I-96 in the Grand Rapids area, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. MDOT officials closed all lanes of eastbound I-96, after the Alpine Avenue exit,

A Grand Rapids three-year-old was shot and seriously injured over the weekend, police said. Officers were called at about noon Saturday to a home in the 700 block of Sinclair Avenue for a report of a shooting involving a child, they said.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – One person died in a house fire Sunday morning on the city’s Southeast Side. Grand Rapids firefighters responded to a 6:30 a.m. report of a house fire Sunday, Jan. 19, in the 800 block of Griggs Street SE. Upon arrival, crews found a home actively burning.