Pilots in West Michigan are reacting after a deadly midair collision involving a commercial plane and a Black Hawk Helicopter near Reagan Washington National Ai

Figure skaters in West Michigan are ‘shaken and heartbroken’ after skaters they shared the ice with died in a plane crash in Washington, DC.

Below are News Channel 3's top, local stories from this past week. West Michigan couple sentenced to federal prison for $3 million fraud scheme Two West Michigan people have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in defrauding nearly 40 victims of over $3 million in a fraud and identity theft scheme.

KALAMAZOO, MI — A historic, nearly 99-year-old, English Tudor-style building at Academy Street and West Michigan Avenue is once again getting new life. Vacant since 2019 when Rupert’s Brew House closed, the building at 773 W. Michigan Ave. will soon become an event space for Comensoli’s Italian Bistro & Bar, called Casa di Amici.

Dozens of posts warning of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in West Michigan have sprung up on social media in recent days. It prompted one Kalamazoo nonprofit to warn against spreading possible rumors.

A chain reaction crash developed Tuesday morning in white-out conditions along Interstate 94 in West Michigan.

BOTTOM LINE: Western Michigan plays Buffalo after Hannah Spitzley scored 22 points in Western Michigan’s 81-70 loss to the Central Michigan Chippewas. The Broncos have gone 5-4 in home games. Western Michigan ranks eighth in the MAC with 12.6 assists per game led by Marina Asensio averaging 5.1.

A West Michigan man will spend decades in prison for brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in Kalamazoo. Jeffrey Kucharski, 28, was sentenced Tuesday to 60-100 years behind bars for the ...

Local Spins celebrates “TRIBUTE MONTH” at SpeakEZ Lounge in downtown GR with The Frog King (Neil Diamond Tribute) on Feb. 7; Crazy Hearse (Neil Young Tribute) on Feb. 12; Laurel Canyon Night (Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne & Warren Zevon Tribute) on Feb. 21; Captain & The Kid (Jimmy Buffett Tribute) on Feb. 26.

After every public school district in West Michigan cancelled school on Tuesday due to extreme cold and hazardous road conditions, over 50 school districts will remain closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Planned Parenthood of Michigan (PPMI) leaders have reached a collective bargaining agreement with workers seeking unionization after months of negotiation. These workers were the first Planned Parenthood employees in Michigan to unionize after the contract was ratified on Jan.

A Kalamazoo man will go to prison on a federal possession charge involving fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine.