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Heartwell was the first politician to announce the death of former President Gerald R. Ford on December 26, 2006, and, along with then-President George W. Bush, then-Senator Harry Reid and then-Governor Jennifer Granholm, spoke at Ford's Grand Rapids funeral, which took place the day after Ford's Washington, D.C. funeral.
William Montague Ferry Jr. — Michigan and Utah Politician; Betty Ford — 37th First Lady of the United States [18] Gerald R. Ford — 38th President of the United States [18] Wilder D. Foster — U.S. Congressman from Michigan; mayor of Grand Rapids [16] George Heartwell — Mayor of Grand Rapids [16] [19] Paul B. Henry — U.S. Congressman [20]
Grand Rapids: 1949: 3–17: Serial killer couple targeting widows and "lonely hearts" [2] John Rodney McRae: St. Clair Shores: 1950-1987: 2–5+ Serial killer convicted of murdering two boys and prime suspect in three others: Roland E. Clark: Multiple: 1954-1967: 2: Medical doctor convicted of two counts of manslaughter: Henry Lee Lucas ...
A man has been charged with murder after police say he stabbed a woman to death in downtown Grand Rapids last week. ... Online Michigan Department of Corrections records show Rose was on parole at ...
After the French established territories in Michigan, Jesuit missionaries and traders traveled down Lake Michigan and its tributaries. [7]In 1806, white trader Joseph La Framboise and his Métis wife, Madeline La Framboise, traveled by canoe from Mackinac Island and established the first trading post in West Michigan in present-day Grand Rapids on the banks of the Grand River, near what is now ...
The John W. Blodgett Estate, also known as Brookby, is an historic landmark at 250 Plymouth Rd, SE, East Grand Rapids, Michigan. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 [1] and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977. [2] The property is owned by Aquinas College. [4]
The Grand Rapids Press is a daily newspaper published in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the largest of the print publications of MLive Media Group. It is sold for $1.50 daily and $7.99 on Sunday. AccuWeather provides weather content to the Grand Rapids Press.
The suspect was chased by police, who attempted to disable his vehicle as he drove through downtown Grand Rapids, prior to briefly taking Interstate 196 west to northbound US 131. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] Dantzler then turned onto eastbound Interstate 96 , where he crossed the median and continued eastward on the westbound lanes, and crashed into a freeway ...