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KENT COUNTY, MI – A man suffered serious stab wounds Tuesday, Jan. 31, in a fight with another customer at Brann’s Steakhouse & Grille in Wyoming, police said. The 34-year-old stabbing victim was in critical condition after undergoing surgery. Wyoming police responded to the restaurant, at 4157 S. Division Ave., at 8:37 p.m. for a report of a stabbing. The injured man was taken by a private vehicle to a local hospital before police reached the scene. Early investigation showed that two customers got into physical altercation before the younger man was stabbed several times, police said.

Trump claims he never agreed to allow audio of Woodward's tapes of his interviews with Trump to be sold to the public.

The Federal Reserve Board has denied a Wyoming cryptocurrency bank’s application for Federal Reserve System membership.

The driver has been arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired, according to a Wyoming Highway Patrol statement.

WYOMING, MI – Alyjah Chandler is well-known for his abilities on and off the basketball court inside the corridors of Wyoming High School, but outside of the Wolves’ facilities, he’s far from a household name. His status as an under-the-radar player is through no fault of his own, however, as the senior guard has dealt with injuries for the better part of his prep career.

WYOMING, MI – A woman was asleep early Saturday when her home was shot multiple times and she was struck by gunfire. Wyoming Public Safety Lt. Rory Allen said the 50-year-old woman was struck once in the arm and is hospitalized in stable condition. Around that time, numerous rounds were fired at, and struck, both residences of the duplex. While the woman was shot once, no others inside the duplex were struck by gunfire, Allen said. People can also share tips and information anonymously by contacting Silent Observer at 616-774-2345, or 1-866-774-2345.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Police have identified a body found in a swamp year near M-6 as that of a Wyoming man who went missing in mid-November. Wyoming police on Friday, Jan. 20, said the body has been confirmed to be Raymond Tarasiewicz, 69. He went missing Nov. 21 and police were told he was showing early signs of dementia. Police said a person out looking for an escaped dog found the remains off Ivanrest Avenue SE near M-6. “Our condolences go out to the family of Mr. Tarasiewicz,” Wyoming police wrote in a statement.

Photographer Alex Benja captures the hidden costs of the nation’s domestic wool and lamb industry, journeying alongside immigrant shepherds leading a herd of thousands of sheep.

State Sen. Jim Anderson said he sponsored the bill as a tit-for-tat response to California's move to ban sales of new gas-only vehicles.

The move is part of wider efforts to remove the derogatory term from hundreds of geographic sites.

WYOMING, MI -- Police have released a description of a car seen in the area of Indian Mounds Drive SW when an 18-year-old bicyclist was shot and killed. Wyoming police said they want the public’s help to locate a vehicle seen in the 2200 block of Indian Mounds Drive about the time that Kane Coronado was shot. The car is described as a gray or silver four-door Chevy Cavalier, likely built in the range of 2000-2005. Anyone with information about the car can call Wyoming police at 616-530-7300 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.

Bill Gates is looking to West Virginia as he plans for the next phase of his effort to reboot U.S. nuclear energy technology: powering the east coast.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Workers at the Lake Michigan Credit Union South Division Avenue branch in Wyoming have voted to form a union. “What we wanted was to ensure a strong relationship between our members, our colleagues, and LMCU branch leadership. It’s a win for workers at other LMCU branches, banks, and financial services institutions who are looking to form a union in 2023.”Lake Michigan Credit Union, which is based in Grand Rapids, was founded in 1933. It has 68 branches in Michigan, including in Kent, Ottawa, Kalamazoo and Washtenaw counties, and Florida, and has about 1,500 employees. Read more:Large Grand Rapids housing, retail development scaled back by 307 unitsPoultry farm donated 2.2 million eggs in 2022See which Grand Rapids-area projects got $17.3M in congressional earmarksGrand Rapids police investigate rash of vehicle break-ins at care facilities

WYOMING, MI — A West Michigan wholesale grocery distribution company is nearly doubling in size. Hackney, at 1180 58th St. SW, in Wyoming, is in the middle of an almost 115,000-square-foot expansion.

A 31-year-old woman vanished 19 years ago while walking in Wyoming, Michigan, and she still has not been found.

A 19-year-old Wyoming man is accused of driving drunk and causing the death of a 73-year-old Indiana woman in a Sunday crash on I-94, about three miles west of the Indiana, Michigan border, Indiana State Police reported. Sarah Cantrell, 73, of Lake Station, Indiana was in the back seat and died at a South Bend hospital. Also injured were the Colorado driver, a 47-year-old man from Hobart, Indiana and a front-seat passenger. A trooper observed evidence of “recent drug use” inside the Cobalt and the teen smelled of an alcoholic beverage, the state police reported. Read more on MLive:‘People are so generous,’ says mom of West Ottawa athlete recovering from crashA collared wolf from Michigan’s U.P.

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Predator and prey raced for their lives in Grand Teton National Park.

KENT COUNTY, MI — A new 178-unit apartment project is set to break ground in Wyoming next year. The apartments will be located on the north side of 52nd Street SW, east of Byron Center Avenue. The apartment project will be called “The Retreat,” and is a sister project to The Haven apartments also in Wyoming, built in 2018. The plans for the apartments include detached garages, a clubhouse with a yoga room and package room and a pool/recreation area. (Audra Gamble/MLive.com)Landscaping plans for The Retreat include enhanced landscaping adjacent to neighboring properties for added privacy.

A small-town widow drives across Wyoming with a playwright to share the story of the Cowboy State’s most famous cross-dresser: her deceased husband.

Donald Trump detailed an ambitious plan to undo what he called the suppression of free speech in the United States if he is elected president in 2024.

The three men were convicted of more than 100 wildlife violations across four counties, officials said.

The committee said the Lake Michigan Credit Union Workers Alliance is seeking to form a union with the Communications Workers of America. The letter says the Lake Michigan Credit Union Workers Alliance has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to conduct a union election. Workers said they’re forming the union because they want to continue “building this great team at the South Division Branch” rather than seeking a higher-paying job elsewhere. We can’t continue to provide our essential services at the level we do if we’re not being paid fair wages,” Ivan Diaz, head organizer and credit union loan officer at the credit union, said in a press release. “Since joining the CBB, we’ve been energized by the momentum of other credit union and bank workers who are organizing.

WYOMING, MI — Orion Construction has completed the second phase of a 138-unit townhome development on Wilson Avenue SW a half mile north of M-6. The development, known as Reserve Flats, is owned by Granger Group, a Wyoming-based real estate investment firm. “Granger has been dedicated to adding housing to our community,” Roger Rehkopf, CEO of Orion Construction, said in a statement. “This piece of property has gone through quite a transformation throughout the past 15 months,” Gary Granger, CEO of Granger Group, said in a statement. “We’ve received positive feedback from residents of Reserve Flats and the general community about how this development is helping fill the need for quality housing in the City of Wyoming.

Wyoming territory legislators passed and signed a bill into law allowing women the right to vote on this day in history, Dec. 10, 1869. Wyoming led the nation in doing so.

Donald Trump suggested the "termination" of rules and regulations in the Constitution that led to disputed voter fraud in the 2020 election.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Site work is expected to begin Dec. 19 on a 240-unit workforce housing development near the corner of Lake Michigan Drive NW and Maynard Avenue NW. The project, known as HoM Flats at Maynard, is being developed by Wyoming-based Magnus Capital Partners. For a two-person household, that’s an annual income of $57,280, according to figures from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority. “Our HōM Flats properties are addressing the nationwide housing crisis,” said Magnus CEO Vishal Arora. HoM Flats at Maynard is at least the third project from Magnus Capital Partners.

Police are looking for an armed suspect that conducted a robbery at a Detroit gas station last Monday.

KENT COUNTY, MI – Search and rescue teams joined Wyoming police in a search Thursday, Dec. 1, for Raymond Tarasiewicz, 69, who has been missing since Nov. 21. Given the length of time he has been missing, “the concern for his safety has obviously escalated a little more,” police Lt. Rory Allen said. The search focused on the Buck Creek area near Burlingame Avenue SW and 44th Street. Wyoming police have followed up multiple leads and asked the public to watch for him. Allen asked residents near the search area to check home security video back to Nov. 21.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Taco John’s, a quick-service Mexican restaurant founded in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is opening three restaurants in the Grand Rapids area in December. Taco John’s signed franchise agreements with Grand Rapids-based Meritage Hospitality Group to open the restaurants. Meritage says it entered into an agreement to build up to 200 Taco John’s restaurants in the Midwest starting this year. flavors to the Grand Rapids area,” Meritage Hospitality Group President Gary Rose said in a statement. “We plan to develop 200 Taco John’s restaurants in the next several years, but these three locations have an extra special place being that they are the first in our hometown.

ELK MOUNTAIN, Wyo. — The first time I showed the app to someone who had never used it, I had to gently extract my phone from the person’s hand. This happened the second time, too, and was followed by an email requesting the name of “that mapping program.” The app is called OnX. Its basic functionality is simple: OnX shows you where you are in real time, using a blue dot exactly the same as the one on Google Maps. The difference is that OnX is designed to show where you are in a forest, on a moun

Rep. Liz Cheney, who co-chairs the January 6 committee, vowed to help Arizona defeat Kari Lake and ran campaign ads against the MAGA candidate.

Facial hair enthusiasts in Wyoming successfully created the longest beard chain in the world. At 150 feet, the new chain broke Germany’s 2007 Guinness record.

WYOMING, MI -- Two suspected teen robbers who fled a Wyoming game store when a third teen was shot by a store worker have now been located, police said. Wyoming police on Thursday, Nov. 10 said that two male teens, ages 14 and 17, have been taken into custody. They fled the scene after what police described as an attempted store robbery ended with a 15-year-old alleged accomplice being shot by a store worker. The attempted robbery happened about 7:15 p.m. Nov. 1 at WD Games, 3530 S. Division Ave..A store worker told police that three people wearing masks entered the store and surrounded him. The wounded teen was located near the business when police and rescuers arrived in the area.

KENT COUNTY, MI – State Sen. Winnie Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, has won the state Senate’s 29th District seat. The new 29th District includes Kentwood, Wyoming, Grandville and East Grand Rapids, a sliver of Grand Rapids Township as well as Grand Rapids east of the Grand River and south of Fulton Street. Brinks is finishing her first term in the state Senate. First elected to the state House in 2013, she served three terms representing a portion of Grand Rapids. Brann represented Wyoming and Byron Township in the state House for two terms, starting in 2017.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Democratic state Senator Winnie Brinks is leading Republican opponent state Rep. Tommy Brann in the battle for the new state Senate 29th District, according to early election results. Brinks, D-Grand Rapids, had 21,244 votes to Brann’s 10,223 votes, with six of 101 precincts reporting at 10:45 p.m., according to early unofficial results from the Kent County Clerk’s Office. The newly redrawn state Senate district represents Kentwood, Wyoming, Grandville, East Grand Rapids and portions of Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Township. RELATED: Tommy Brann, Winnie Brinks vie for Grand Rapids-area state Senate seatBrinks is currently finishing up her first, four-year term representing the 29th District. Prior to that, she served three terms representing a portion of Grand Rapids in the state House, beginning in 2013.

Nearly half of U.S. voters, 47%, say the economy is the most important issue facing the country; that's nearly five times as many as any other issue.

The race to choose Wyoming's next U.S. representative has received a lot less attention since Harriet Hageman beat Liz Cheney in the GOP primary in August. Hageman is now running against Native American activist Lynnette Grey Bull, who as the Democratic nominee for the job faces odds longer than Cheney's in a midterm election that could favor Republicans over Democrats. Grey Bull was also the Democratic nominee for U.S. House in 2020.

With the Federal government headed for gridlock, the fate of energy legislation lies with the states.

WYOMING, MI -- A 15-year-old is expected to survive after a Wyoming store worker shot him during what police were told was a hold-up attempt. The address is registered to WD Games, which buys and sells video games, board games and card games. The worker then drew a handgun and fired one shot, striking the 15-year-old in the chest. After the shot was fired, all three of the would-be robbers fled the store. A worker at WD Games on Wednesday declined to comment on the shooting.

KENT COUNTY, MI – Wyoming police identified Kane Allen Coronado, 18, of White Cloud, as the bicyclist who was shot and killed Tuesday, Nov. 1, on Indian Mounds Drive near the Grand River. He was shot in the neck around 2:50 p.m. in the 2200 block of Indian Mounds, across the river from Millennium Park. Related: 17-year-old bicyclist shot and killed along wooded road near Millennium ParkThe victim – initially reported to be 17 – was in the area visiting friends. A 17-year-old was shot and killed along Indian Mounds Drive SW on Tuesday, Nov. 1 (John Tunison | MLive Media)No arrests have been made. The victim was an “avid bicyclist,” Allen said.

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – New federal funding is allowing Grand Valley State University to expand its TRIO Upward Bound Math-Science programming to help high school students strengthen their STEM skills. GVSU Upward Bound Math-Science programs can now serve high school students in Wyoming and Detroit, bolstering their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. The Wyoming Upward Bound Math-Science program will serve 60 students in Kelloggsville and Godfrey-Lee high schools. “Upward Bound students can choose to go to any college, and they are prepared to do so. “TRIO program staff members work right in the high schools, providing tutoring and other programs to students,” Truss said in a statement.

WYOMING, MI -- A 15-year-old was shot and injured during a reported attempted armed robbery of a South Division Avenue business. Wyoming police responded about 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 to a business at 3530 S. Division Avenue for a hold-up alarm. A short time later, police received a call about a wounded teen near the business. The teen was taken to a hospital for treatment and was last known to be in serious condition. Wyoming police said the teen was alleged to have earlier been with two other people at the South Division Avenue business.

WYOMING, MI -- Police said a 17-year-old was fatally shot along Indian Mounds Drive and they are looking for the shooter. The teen, a male, was believed to be on a bicycle, according to Wyoming Police Capt. Police responded just after 3 p.m. to the 2200 block of Indian Mounds Drive, across the Grand River from Millennium Park, and found the wounded 17-year-old. The car was headed east on Indian Mounds Drive SW.“We are looking for suspects. Anyone with information about the shooting can call Wyoming police at 616-530-7300 or Silent Observer at 616-774-2345.

WYOMING, MI -- A man died following a workplace accident at Weller Truck Parts on Gezon Parkway SW, police confirmed. The accident happened about 7:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at the business, 1500 Gezon Parkway SW. Details of the accident were not immediately clear. Wyoming police continue to investigate the incident. More from MLiveProp 3 fight eclipses $50 million: ‘Yes’ outraising ‘No’ and polling aheadPolice identify 81-year-old woman killed in West Michigan stabbingDixon nearly matches Whitmer’s fundraising.

Zeeland East’s football team came on strong in the season’s closing weeks. Junior running back Tyler Loeb was a key reason why. Loeb rushed for 212 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries, leading the Chix to a 28-16 win against Wyoming last week.

HUDSONVILLE, MI -- A 17-year-old driver has been charged for an August fatal crash near Hudsonville that police say involved reckless driving. The Wyoming teen, who was not named because he’s charged as a juvenile, faces charges of reckless driving causing death, two counts of reckless driving causing serious impairment and operating without a license. Police allege the teen disregarded a stop sign at 22nd Avenue and Jackson Street. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies said the teen was driving a Jeep Compass occupied by three other teen passengers and a 22-month-old. The Jeep was going west on Jackson Street about 12:30 p.m. Aug. 17 when the crash happened.

WYOMING, MI — A total of five candidates are running for the Godwin Heights Board of Education in the Nov. 8 election for full and partial term seats. However, only one candidate is running, so after the election, the school board will need to appoint someone to the vacant seat. Burley, a current Godwin Heights school board trustee, was appointed to the board in December 2021. She has previously served on the Godwin Heights school board for 17 years. None of the Godwin Heights school board candidates responded to requests to complete the voters guide that included three questions about their candidacy and biographical information.

WYOMING, MI — Two candidates are vying for a partial term seat on the Wyoming Board of Education in the November general election. The partial term is for four years, ending Dec. 31, 2026, according to the Kent County Clerk’s website. There are also two, full six-year terms for the school board on the ballot for voters in the district. Here is some brief information about the two partial term candidates squaring off on Tuesday, Nov. 8:Manley is the current school board president, according to the district’s website. He has children in the Wyoming School District and his wife previously served on the school board.

WYOMING, MI – A credit union loan officer and a manager of a wedding reception venue will face off Nov. 8 for the new, Hispanic-majority Kent County Board district. With 52.61% of the voting age population being Hispanic, it’s the first-ever Hispanic majority district on the Kent County Board of Commissioners. There is currently one Black majority district on the county board. Ivan Diaz:The greatest challenges facing the Kent County Board of Commissioners are challengers that are not new or hard to imagine. If we act with haste, we can ensure that Kent County will continue to be a leader in the state and national level.

Attorney General Merrick Garland will be joined by Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, FBI Director Chris Wray and others.

His son was able to help his father onto a horse and they headed toward a nearby lake to meet search and rescue crews.

Committee Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said Trump will not be able to turn his testimony into a "circus."

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A wall built in Detroit in 1941 to racially segregate Black and white neighborhoods has received historic designation from the state of Michigan.

The Davison Effect will mess with your head. The Davison Effect is incredibly frustrating.

Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions.

There is a moist patch on the Lodge underneath the Wyoming overpass that literally never dries up.

When officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City sought a location for an annual economic symposium in 1982, they chose Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a simple reason: It had fly-fishing.

Asian shares are trading mixed as a wait-and-see mood sets in following another — though more modest — day of sell-offs on Wall Street.

A Wyoming woman has been extradited to Michigan on murder charges 25 years after a baby was found dead in a Michigan outhouse.

A Wyoming woman has been arrested and is awaiting extradition to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to face arraignment in the death 25 years ago of a baby found discarded in the waste pit of an outhouse, authorities said Wednesday.

The U.S. government this week is holding its first onshore oil and natural gas sales from public lands since President Joe Biden took office.

Yellowstone National Park officials say more than 10,000 visitors have been ordered out of the nation’s oldest national park after unprecedented flooding tore through its northern half, washing out bridges and roads and sweeping an employee bunkhouse miles downstream.

A woman accused of intentionally providing wrong information in the search for a missing man in Grand Teton National Park has been banned from the park for five years and must pay $17,600 in restitution.

Police on Wednesday identified a Wyoming woman and her two children who were allegedly shot and killed by her boyfriend who then killed himself.

A semi truck rolled over and blocked all northbound lanes of the Lodge Freeway between Livernois and Wyoming avenues in Detroit.

Police say a man fatally shot his girlfriend and two of her daughters inside a western Michigan home before killing himself.

Police believe an overnight fire in Wyoming that damaged a building being renovated to house a new abortion clinic was deliberately set.

Major energy producing states from Alaska to Pennsylvania are reaping a windfall from soaring oil and natural gas prices, stoked by the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-led ban on Russian oil imports.

It is easily one of the most recognized and beautiful national parks in all of the United States and this year Yellowstone celebrates being the named the first national park 150 years ago. You know about Old Faithful, you’ve seen the wildlife, and now it is very popular because of the series “Yellowstone.”

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over online harassment filed by the family of a Wyoming Marine who was killed in Afghanistan.

Police are looking for a missing 16-year-old girl who hasn’t been seen since leaving the McDonald’s off of Wyoming in Dearborn.

BNSF’s two largest unions will ask an arbitrator to throw out the railroad’s strict new attendance policy instead of appealing a court order preventing them from striking.

Trayce Jackson-Davis had 29 points and nine rebounds, Jordan Geromino scored a career-high 15 points and Indiana beat turnover-prone Wyoming 66-58 in a First Four game.

There truly is an app for everything, including roadkill in Wyoming.

The parents of Gabby Petito claim in a new Florida lawsuit that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her when he returned home alone from their ill-fated western trip in a converted van.

A federal judge has extended an order preventing the two largest unions at BNSF from going on strike over a new attendance policy the railroad imposed this month.

Police in West Michigan are investigating what they are calling a “random” stabbing at a Meijer store in Wyoming.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is endorsing a primary challenger to GOP Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming.

South Carolina remains one of only two states without a hate crimes law, and proponents worry that efforts in the Legislature are stalling to increase penalties for crimes committed against minorities and others victimized by prejudice.

Liz Cheney continues to set fundraising records in her bid for reelection to Wyoming's lone U.S. House seat.

Bitter cold conditions are responsible for causing 75 active water main breaks in Detroit, including one today (Jan. 26) that shut down I-94.Traffic has been stopped along westbound I-94 while work crews shut off the water main that sprung a leak, sending water gushing down the freeway.

Road commissions in Metro Detroit are mobilizing to deal with what is likely going to be some sloppy road conditions.

Levi Williams ran for 200 yards and four touchdowns and passed for 127 yards and another touchdown to lead Wyoming to a 52-38 win over Kent State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Montana officials are asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern part of the state.

A small city in the top U.S. coal-mining state of Wyoming will be home to a Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power project near a coal-fired power plant scheduled to close soon.

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming says former President Donald Trump is at war “with the rule of law and the Constitution” and that GOP lawmakers who sit by silently are aiding his efforts.

A prosecutor in a deeply conservative corner of Wyoming says he won't charge library employees for making sex education and LGBTQ-themed books available to young people.

Tumbling COVID-19 case counts have some schools around the U.S. considering relaxing their mask rules, but deaths nationally have been ticking up over the past few weeks.

Authorities say remains found in a Florida wilderness park are those of Brian Laundrie, who was a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito.

Rapper, music producer and clothing entrepreneur Kanye West is selling his ranch and business properties in northwestern Wyoming.

Prosecutors in Wyoming are evaluating whether to file criminal charges against officials at a public library for stocking books some say are obscene in sections for children and teenagers.

Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on conservatives' wish lists.

The disappearance of Gabby Petito has drawn a frenzy of coverage and brought new attention to a phenomenon known as “missing white woman syndrome.”.

Authorities say a body discovered Sunday in Wyoming is believed to be Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito.

Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in Afghanistan.

Asian stocks are slipping following a charge on Wall Street which drove indices to all-time highs for the second straight day.

U.S. officials have launched a review of climate damage from coal mining on public lands as the Biden administration expands scrutiny of government fossil fuel sales that contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.