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Game calls attention to top killer of Americans

10:48 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Basketball fans showed their support by wearing red shirts from the American Heart Association. Both schools sold the $10 shirts all week. The proceeds will go to the American Heart Association for education and research.

Witnesses: Pastor accused of embezzlement resisted audit

10:35 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Church leaders say the Grand Rapids pastor accused of embezzling warned them not to demand an audit.

Local leaders react to Komen funding change

10:04 PM, Feb 3, 2012

After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood.

Gun Lake Casino celebrates first year of operations

9:56 PM, Feb 3, 2012

The parking lot was nearly full at the Gun Lake Casino Friday evening. Inside almost every machine had it's wheels turning.

Grand Rapids ice carver getting Super Bowl attention

9:48 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Randy Finch and his team from Ice Sculptures Ltd. are stationed in Super Bowl Village, where they give two ice carving demonstrations a day.

GR sports bars make play for Super Bowl business

8:48 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Why watch the Super Bowl on just one TV, when you can see it on as many as 72?

Actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81

8:28 PM, Feb 3, 2012

His lawyer said the actor died of pancreatic cancer at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan.

Kentwood city commission chooses Groce for seat

7:53 PM, Feb 3, 2012

The commission held a special meeting Friday, at which members voted unanimously to recommend Maurice Groce for the second ward seat formerly held by Ray VerWys.

George Lessens and the 'Old School' weather map

7:31 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Before Doppler, "NEXRAD," and the hour-by-hour computer animations, there was a person with a marker doing weather in front of dry-erase board.

Bank of America sues city of Holland over house

6:07 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Bank of America has filed a lawsuit to prevent the city from demolishing a foreclosed bank-owned house on South River Avenue.

Colorado, plains states face blizzard conditions

6:00 PM, Feb 3, 2012

The storm stretches as far south as New Mexico, where transportation officials say highways are snow packed and icy.
Blizzard and winter storm warnings extend into Kansas, Wyoming and Nebraska.

Romney, Gingrich talk jobs as Nevada caucuses loom

5:40 PM, Feb 3, 2012

With its sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates, Nevada is ripe for talk of a GOP prescription for economic recovery.

Lawmakers prod feds to heed carp-stopping plan

5:36 PM, Feb 3, 2012

The lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Jo-Ellen Darcy, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, about the report released this week by the Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative.

Feds to review Muskegon Heights schools case

5:17 PM, Feb 3, 2012

Detectives were looking at the district's use of federal Title I funds.

The colder the better: Benefits of cold-water swimming

5:06 PM, Feb 3, 2012

They've been cold water swimming in eastern Europe and the Netherlands for a thousand years. What could they possibly find so alluring about ice cold water in the middle of winter?