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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...
Community Updates: Friday, December 2
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 12-02-2022 under NEWS
The City of Grand Rapids Sees Increase in Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index Score On November 30, the City of Grand Rapids announced that the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) had...
Community Updates: Friday, August 26
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 08-26-2022 under NEWS
First Annual Mexican Film Festival to Take Place at Wealthy Theatre in September In September, Wealthy Theatre, the Mexican Heritage Association of West Michigan, and the Consulado de México en Detroit will be partnering to bring Mexican cinema...
Community Updates: Friday, May 20
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 05-20-2022 under NEWS
The Kent County Prosecutor Releases a Statement Updating the Public on the Status of the Patrick Lyoya Case On May 18, about a month and a half after Patrick Lyoya was killed by Christopher Schurr of the Grand Rapids Police Department, Kent County...
Community Updates: Friday, May 6
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 05-06-2022 under NEWS
GR City Manager presents the proposed FY2023 Preliminary Fiscal Plan to the City Commission On Tuesday, May 3, City Manager Mark Washington presented the 2023 Preliminary Fiscal Plan to the Grand Rapids City Commission. "The FY2023 Preliminary...
Community Updates: Friday, April 29
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-29-2022 under NEWS
Michigan State Police passes its investigation into the death of Patrick Lyoya to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker In a press release published on April 28, the Michigan State Police announced that they had submitted their investigation into...
GRPD Names the Officer Responsible for the Death of Patrick Lyoya
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 04-28-2022 under NEWS
The Grand Rapids Police Department confirms the name of the officer who shot and killed Patrick Lyoya Nearly a month after Patrick Lyoya was shot and killed, the GRPD has released the name of the officer responsible. "In the interest of...
Community Updates: Friday, April 15
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-15-2022 under NEWS
Protestors Gather in Downtown Grand Rapids After Video Footage of Patrick Lyoya's Death is Released to the Public During a press conference on Wednesday, April 13, the Grand Rapids Police Department released footage from the officer-involved...
A Family in Mourning: The Community's Response to the Death of Patrick Lyoya
by (AlaynnaDressler)
Submitted 04-12-2022 under NEWS
Over the weekend, members of the community rallied behind the family of Patrick Lyoya to demand justice after he was shot and killed by a GRPD officer last Monday. On the morning of April 4, 2022, the Grand Rapids Police Department and the City of...
Community Updates: Friday, Apr. 8
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-08-2022 under NEWS
Michigan State Police conduct an investigation into a shooting involving a GRPD officer On the morning of April 4th, 2022, the Grand Rapids Police Department announced that one person was dead after an officer-involved shooting. According to a press...