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Summer heat in spring disrupts school days in Detroit, Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Summer-like heat caused the closing of public schools Thursday and Friday in Michigan's second-largest city and shorter class days in Detroit. High temperatures of 90 were predicted across the southern Lower Peninsula. “That not only...
Spartan Stores: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Spartan Stores Inc. (SPTN) on Thursday reported first-quarter net income of $11.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company said it had net income of 32 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time...
Man charged after toddler finds gun in couch and accidentally kills himself
KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A Grand Rapids-area man was charged Monday with involuntary manslaughter after his girlfriend's 2-year-old son found a gun and fatally shot himself. Police said the gun was in the couch at their apartment in Kentwood. Kiaire McCoy apparently found it and shot...
Mastodon bones unearthed by Michigan work crew go on display in museum
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A selection of bones belonging to a juvenile mastodon who roamed the woods of Michigan 13,000 years ago is now on display at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, after workers unearthed it by chance last year. Excited museum officials showed off some of the...
2 workers at Grand Rapids plant hurt after 1 falls into lye
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Two workers were being treated for chemical burns Friday after one fell into a vat at a Grand Rapids electroplating plant, authorities said. The Grand Rapids Fire Department was sent on a hazardous materials call at Advance Plating & Finishing around...
UFP Industries: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — UFP Industries, Inc. (UFPI) on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit of $126.1 million. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based company said it had profit of $1.98 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street...
Independent Bank: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Independent Bank Corp. (IBCP) on Thursday reported first-quarter earnings of $13 million. The bank, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, said it had earnings of 61 cents per share. The results exceeded Wall Street...
US files charges in Michigan over diesel engine tampering
DETROIT (AP) — Eleven people have been charged in Michigan in a scheme to evade air-pollution rules by tampering with software and hardware in heavy-duty diesel engines, federal authorities said Wednesday. Nine of the 11 have agreed to plead guilty, along with three companies,...
Ex-head of Michigan marijuana panel pleads guilty to bribery
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The former head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board pleaded guilty to bribery Tuesday, acknowledging he accepted at least $110,000 in exchange for approving applications for the lucrative business. Rick Johnson's appearance in federal court in Grand...
Feds get first guilty plea in Michigan marijuana board probe
DETROIT (AP) — A businessman pleaded guilty Friday to bribing the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board, the first conviction in a federal investigation into payoffs and other benefits before the panel was disbanded in 2019. John Dalaly appeared in federal court in Grand...
