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Racial disparity in mortgages hits home in some Grand Rapids neighborhoods

White applicants outnumbered minority applicants in most areas, even those where three-quarters of residents are people of color, according to an MLive analysis.

 

Bond proposal, building closures being mulled over by Lapeer schools

The plan calls for a bond between $75 and $125 million, closing Lynch, Mayfield, and Murphy elementary schools, as well as moving high school students into a new building on the site of the Center For Innovation housed in the former Lapeer West High.

 

Minorities slip behind as mortgage lending rebounds in Kent County

People of color are not equally sharing in the rebound more than a decade after the housing crisis.

 

Pregnant mother, child die in house fire, 8 hospitalized

Firefighters tried to rescue the victims but were pushed back by flames and heat.

 

Zehnder's, Bavarian Inn named to 100 most successful restaurants list

The list, compiled by trade publication Restaurant Business Magazine, ranks restaurants by annual sales.

 

Downtown Kalamazoo plans to reinvest $66M in tax revenue by 2048

Funds will be spent on public infrastructure and business support in downtown Kalamazoo.

 

Woman, 27, killed in crash with deer

The car was found in a Wayland Township ditch.

 

Oklahoma City cools off Pistons in thunderous fashion

Detroit held to season-low point total as five-game winning streak snapped.

 

Woman injured in Mecosta County crash

Deputies were called to Perry Avenue and 215th Avenue for the crash.

 

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