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Edwin F. Sweet — U.S. Congressman, mayor of Grand Rapids [16] Jerald terHorst — press secretary under President Gerald Ford; Edwin F. Uhl — U.S. Assistant Secretary of State ; mayor of Grand Rapids [16] Arthur H. Vandenberg — 88th President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate [26] Guy Vander Jagt — U.S. Congressman from Michigan [27]
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 ...
The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5] The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. [4]
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 ...
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 city of Grand Rapids was incorporated April 2, 1850. [9] It was officially established on May 2, 1850, when the village of Grand Rapids voted to accept the proposed city charter. The population at the time was 2,686. By 1857, the city of Grand Rapids' area totaled 10.5 square miles (27 km 2). In October 1870, Grand Rapids became a desired ...
The Grand Rapids Press is the daily newspaper, while Advance Newspapers publishes a group of weekly papers providing more community-based news. Gemini Publications is a niche, regional publishing company that produces the weekly newspaper Grand Rapids Business Journal, the magazines Grand Rapids Magazine, Grand Rapids Family and Michigan Blue, and several other quarterly and annual business-to ...
Ruth Taylor, actress from silent-film era, mother of Buck Henry (born in Grand Rapids) Ray Teal, actor, sheriff on Bonanza; appeared in 250 movies and 90 television shows (born in Grand Rapids) John E.L. Tenney, actor, host of reality-TV series Ghost Stalkers [1] Ruth Terry, actress and singer featured in Hollywood films of 1940s (born in ...