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A Minnesota woman is accused of turning in a ballot for her dead mother. A routine check caught it
A northern Minnesota woman accused of trying to submit a mail ballot for her recently deceased mother has been charged with three felonies, showing how routine election safeguards thwart rare instances of attempted voter fraud. Officials in Itasca County, about 200 miles (322...
UFP Industries: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — UFP Industries, Inc. (UFPI) on Monday reported third-quarter net income of $99.8 million. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company said it had net income of $1.64 per share. The results missed Wall Street...
Independent Bank: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Independent Bank Corp. (IBCP) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $13.8 million. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based bank said it had earnings of 65 cents per share. The results did not meet Wall Street...
The Latest: Trump and Harris are campaigning for votes in pivotal Michigan
With the Nov. 5 election fast approaching, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are setting their sights on the key battleground state of Michigan on Friday. The vice president began her day in Grand Rapids before holding events in Lansing and Oakland County, northwest...
Mercantile Bank: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Mercantile Bank Corp. (MBWM) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $19.6 million. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based bank said it had earnings of $1.22 per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations....
Man pleads guilty to Michigan killing that stoked anti-immigrant campaign rhetoric
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A Mexican national who is in the U.S. illegally pleaded guilty Monday to killing his girlfriend and dumping her body along a Michigan freeway. Brandon Ortiz Vite, 25, entered the plea in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, courtroom and is scheduled to be sentenced...
Steelcase: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Steelcase Inc. (SCS) on Wednesday reported earnings of $63.1 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company said it had net income of 53 cents. Earnings, adjusted for...
13 children, 4 adults visiting western Michigan park stung by ground-nesting bees
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Thirteen young children and four adults have been stung by ground-nesting bees at a western Michigan park. The group of 3-year-olds from a nearby child development center were visiting Rogue River Park in Plainfield Township early Friday afternoon...
Michigan golf club repays pandemic loan after lawsuit challenges eligibility
RICHLAND, Mich. (AP) — A golf club in southwestern Michigan has agreed to pay $440,000 to settle allegations that it wrongly obtained a loan through a federal program during the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said Monday. Gull Lake Country Club, near Richland in Kalamazoo County,...
Michigan State Police trooper to stand trial on murder charge in death of man struck by SUV
KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A now-retired Michigan State Police trooper who drove his unmarked SUV into a 25-year-old man who was fleeing from police has been ordered to stand trial for second-degree murder. A district judge in the Grand Rapids suburb of Kentwood said via a Zoom hearing...
