GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A crash has closed a portion of I-96 in the Grand Rapids area, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. MDOT officials closed all lanes of eastbound I-96, after the Alpine Avenue exit, around 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 20, due to a crash. The crash is north of downtown Grand Rapids.

A Grand Rapids three-year-old was shot and seriously injured over the weekend, police said. Officers were called at about noon Saturday to a home in the 700 block of Sinclair Avenue for a report of a shooting involving a child, they said.

At 6:30 a.m. Sunday, the Grand Rapids Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire in the 800 block of Griggs Street SE, near Eastern Avenue SE. Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters found an active fire burning at the house.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – One person died in a house fire Sunday morning on the city’s Southeast Side. Grand Rapids firefighters responded to a 6:30 a.m. report of a house fire Sunday, Jan. 19, in the 800 block of Griggs Street SE. Upon arrival, crews found a home actively burning.