Danielle James

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Public Schools has announced seven proposals that could repurpose two former elementary schools into community centers or affordable housing. The sites that could soon get new life are the now-closed Stocking Elementary, 86... See more

LANSING, MI – Gripping a piglet in each hand, Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, faces the camera. “The liberals might squeal, but we’re taking Michigan back,” he says in the newly-released campaign ad. That line, delivered with a hin... See more

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids Public Schools Superintendent Leadriane Roby has recommended the contract of a deputy superintendent now on leave not be renewed. In a March 12 letter to board members, Roby wrote the reason for her recommendation to not re... See more

A Petoskey stone. A piece of copper. The official state gem. Michigan has just room enough for a few items in the 3-foot-tall stainless steel cylinder that, in a few months, will be buried for the next 250 years. The time capsule will be filled with contr... See more

LANSING, MI – Now, they are among Michigan’s most hunted waterfowl, with male wood ducks described as one of the most beautiful birds in the world. But only a few generations ago, the wood duck was placed under a state and national hunting ban. The turnar... See more