West Michigan isn’t immune to a statewide teacher shortage that’s disproportionately affecting students in high-poverty and majority-Black school districts, according to a new report.

If it feels like lake-effect snow has constantly been in West Michigan’s forecast for the last several days - it has. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Rapids released a long list of 96-hour snow totals today.

Since unveiling its newly expanded Concourse A in June 2023, the airport has added a variety of familiar concessions, and some unique only to West Michigan. Local options added last year include Uccello’s Ristorante and Blue Bridge Market, which sells goods from Nantucket Baking Company and Madcap Coffee.

Motorists should be prepared for slippery roads and rapid changes in visibility and road conditions due to lake effect snow, the weather service said.

While the snow eased up for much of West Michigan Wednesday, a few more inches in lakeshore counties led some districts to cancel school again for Thursday.

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

Impressive amounts of snow have fallen since Sunday leaving portions of West Michigan under over a foot of snowfall.

Michigan is marking an average gas price of $3.09 per gallon of regular unleaded gas, though much of West Michigan is seeing prices much lower than that.

So ultimately, the most important part of following these rules is so that emergency vehicles can get to and from locations."

EST the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement in effect until 10 p.m. EST for Muskegon, Montcalm, Ottawa, Kent and Ionia counties.

The Cubs remained undefeated with wins over Ann Arbor Huron (79-78) and Toledo Central Catholic (60-58) last week. It marked U of D’s first

Some West Michigan districts have canceled classes for Wednesday even as Arctic blast is expected to begin easing its grip on the region.