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Community Updates: Friday, April 7
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-07-2023 under NEWS
Grand Rapids Office of Oversight and Public Accountability, Community Partners to Hold "Clean Slate GR Expungement Program" Next Month On Tuesday, the City of Grand Rapids sent out a press release to announce that the Grand...
Community Updates: Friday, December 30
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 12-30-2022 under NEWS
Warmer Weather Coming to Grand Rapids, City Encourages Residents to Keep Storm Drains Clear According to a tweet from the National Weather Service, over 24 inches of snow was dropped on the City of Grand Rapids during last week's blizzard (from...
Weekend flooding near record levels on Grand River
by (jproth1)
Submitted 02-27-2018 under NEWS
Heavy rains and snow melt caused the water levels of the Grand River to swell to just over twenty feet in Grand Rapids, Michigan during the last weekend of February 2018. Cresting at 20.67 feet on Sunday, February 25. 2018, the Grand River...
Large snowpack leads to concern over heightened spring flood levels
by (jwiegand08)
Submitted 03-03-2014 under NEWS
On April 22, 2013 the Grand River reached a historical height of 21.85 feet due in large part to two significant rain events in the same week, coupled with the typical spring time snowmelt runoff. With this year's heavy snowpack and colder...
September is Stormwater Month: Rainiest Month of the Year
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 09-20-2011 under NONPROFITS
September is historically Grand Rapids’ rainiest month, with an average of 0.14 inches per day and 4.2 inches per month since 1986. This week also marks the 25th anniversary of Grand Rapids’ rainiest month ever and one of the...