Grand Rapids Headlines

Independence Day celebrations have been a part of our history for more than 230 years now.
and Saturday is no exception.

Rob Bliss, the creator of the Giant Pillow Fight and the Zombie Walk decided to reenact (sort of) the Revolutionary War with a giant water balloon fight.

Several cities around West Michigan will have fireworks tonight for the Fourth of July celebrations.

Spartan Stores Inc. is launching a campaign aimed at promoting Michigan pride.

Police believe the driver of the car fell asleep at the wheel while heading south on Division.

Three weeks ago the Grand Rapid's Gilda's Club announced it would be opening another location in Lowell. Now many residents are calling a local couple heroes for donating the first $25,000.

The supermarket chain Meijer is among food distributors that are recalling nonfat dry milk, cocoa and other products linked to possible salmonella contamination at a Minnesota company.

Fireworks are expected this time of year and unfortunately so are accidents.

A state auditor general's report shows the Michigan Department of Transportation incorrectly distributed gas tax funds to 35 county road commissions in the past two budget years.

A man convicted of killing a prostitute in a Wyoming industrial park will spend the rest of his life in prison.

A teenager who was battling cancer got a big surprise when he was granted a "wish" from the Make-A Wish foundation.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich (WZZM)- Robert Duvall's Tribes of October is set in a post-apocolyptic New York, but it's being filmed in present day Grand Rapids.