WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan’s Paul Whelan expressed happiness Wednesday at Russia’s release of another former Marine, Trevor Reed, while appearing frustrated the U.S. government has allowed their brother and son to remain in custody there for m…
Police union defends Grand Rapids cop who fatally shot Lyoya
The police union that represents an officer who fatally shot a man in the back of the head after a traffic stop defended his actions Tuesday. The Grand Rapids Police Officers Association said in a statement that it believed a thorough review of the sho…
Rocket Mortgage to trim workforce as home-loan market shrinks
The country’s largest lender is looking to reduce its workforce amid a shrinking mortgage market following two years of record loan volume. Officials said Monday that Detroit-based Rocket Mortgage and Amrock, its title company, are offering voluntary b…
Police release name of Grand Rapids officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom on Monday released the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya on April 4. “In the interest of transparency, to reduce ongoing speculation, and to avoid any further confusion, …
Move over, little red Corvette: Chevy’s electrifying its iconic sports car
General Motors Co. is electrifying its iconic sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette, GM President Mark Reuss announced Monday. Reuss wrote in a LinkedIn post that GM moved the Corvette team into the electric vehicle space at the automaker’s Warren tech ca…
Tigers hit the road after rough 2-4 homestand
DETROIT — The Tigers, like a lot of teams around baseball, have been treading water for most of this first month of the season. Injuries in spring training to three key bullpen arms (Jose Cisnero, Kyle Funkhouser and Andrew Chafin) and their projected …
Bob Wojnowski: We’ll never see anyone like Cabrera again, an authentic, artistic original
DETROIT — The bat met the ball, as it has so many times, with a sharp crack. And the man met the moment, decades in the making, then hours in the making, the legend officially bronzed on a brilliant day, in a perfect way. Miguel Cabrera did something r…
Michigan GOP attorney general race goes to runoff; Karamo wins SOS endorsement
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party headed into a runoff election for attorney general after delegates on Saturday delivered a victory for former President Donald Trump’s preferred secretary of state candidate, Kristina Karamo. Kalamazo…
Accused Whitmer kidnappers push for acquittals following feds’ landmark loss
DETROIT — Two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer asked a federal judge Friday to acquit them of the charges, two weeks after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. The requests from lawyers for Grand Rapids resident Adam Fox, …
Sharpton demands federal probe into Lyoya’s shooting death at funeral
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Calling Patrick Lyoya’s shooting death “an execution” by a police officer, the Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday demanded a federal investigation into the fatal traffic stop. Sharpton, who heads the National Action Network, delivered a h…