Kent County

The Marasigan family's restaurant, Adobo Boy, brings all the warmth, flavors, and fun of a Filipino house party to the Grand Rapids area.

The West Michigan county's health department talked to more than 5,000 residents about their health concerns. Housing topped the list.

A new report from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says that residents of northern Kent County have higher-than-average levels of PFAS in their blood.

The federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Kent County, the Kent County Sheriff’s Office and the Kent County Sheriff

Michigan local governments recieved more than $4 billion in funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, and hundreds of millions of dollars of that is planned to be spent in 2023.

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Many Michigan hospitals are in crisis mode right now. Between COVID-19 cases and normal seasonal spikes of illnesses like flu, they are struggling to find space for patients. Some hospitals are postponing surgeries and shifting staff to deal with the overflow. Michigan Radio's Dustin Dwyer tells us about the view from inside a Grand Rapids hospital.

Michigan is on pace to top the national record for COVID hospitalizations since the start of the pandemic. And Kent County may not have as many cases as, say, Oakland or Wayne County. But per capita, it is not far behind.

Kent County commissioners received an alarming email recently from health director Adam London detailing threats of violence and intimidation made against him, his colleagues, and his family. The threats were from parents angry about the county-wide schools mask mandate.

On today’s Stateside podcast, anger over a school mask mandate in Kent County has led to threats against the head of the health department.