West Michigan

Incumbent Republican Congressman Peter Meijer is facing a primary challenge from Donald Trump-endorsed newcomer John Gibbs. In the increasingly competitive district, it's yet to be seen whether support for Trump is an asset or a liability.

This week, longtime congressman, Fred Upton, announced his retirement. Today, we’ll reflect on what it means to lose Fred Upton as a steadfast moderate in Congress. And we’ll listen back to bits of our conversations with him over the years.

Drag queen Orion Story, otherwise known as Chace Lambert, became the first queen to represent Michigan on RuPaul’s Drag Race, which is currently in its 14th season.

What record COVID hospitalizations mean for healthcare in Michigan. UFO sightings and the search for extraterrestrial life. The broadening market for non-alcoholic craft beers and a look at whether Michigan brewers will jump on the bandwagon. And, remembering the life and legacy of K-Hand, the “First Lady of Detroit Techno.

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.

The Right Place, Inc. is expanding regional partnerships in eight West Michigan counties to increase economic development.

Spectrum Health is limiting visitors to patients at its clinics and hospitals due to a COVID-19 surge in West Michigan

West Michigan economic development officials say they helped recruit or retain 953 jobs to the region in 2020. That’s even as the area lost about 40,000…

Two universities in Michigan are now each reporting more than 1,000 cases in ongoing COVD-19 outbreaks, according to weekly data released Monday by the…

Today on Stateside, the “veepstakes” are over and the presumptive Democratic vice presidential nominee is not Gretchen Whitmer. U.S. Senator Kamala Harris…