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Meijer partnering with Whitecaps and others to donate 6,000 turkeys file photo and last updated 2021-03-03 13:59:15-05 COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — Meijer alongside the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids, Feeding America West Michigan and the West Michigan Whitecaps will donate 6,0000 turkeys to families in need in the parking lot of LMCU. “The pandemic has provided an impactful reminder of the importance of connectivity and that our community can best recover with unified efforts. Our YMCA is h...

Governor Whitmer’s newest Executive Order announcement on Tuesday affects both the Griffins and Whitecaps.

It may seem like we’ve all been living in an igloo these past few weeks, as temperatures plunged and snow totals soared, but Nick Gordon truly has an igloo in

The West Michigan Whitecaps released their schedule for the upcoming High-A Central League season, and it's a little different.

And the wind is coming directly out of the north, we are on the western side of the eye wall so these whitecaps are moving in a southerly direction towards open water and even though the tide is rising and is expected to reach full tied at 4:502 am a little while from now the water level is not rising as high as people expected because this water is being pushed into the atlantic ocean. that would change of the wind direction changes into the cape fear river but that appears not to be happening....

Off of buildings and flipped mobile homes, hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses along the carolina coast left without power. the death toll in the bahamas has risen to 30, officials say they expect more deaths. we now turn to doug mcelway in north carolina who has been dealing with dorian and the rain and wind all night. what can you tell us? >> reporter: wilmington, north carolina left two fundamental bodies of water on the east coast of the atlantic ocean, the biggest body of water in...

>> reporter: the situation here in baton rouge does seem to be deteriorating. the wind are kicking up, certainly gusting. were here on the banks of the mississippi river. were just outside the bell casino. weve seen whitecaps in the river which is already high from recent flooding. you can see the trees are blowing pretty strongly and also dipping into the water. and some of the water here is coming up on the edge of the steps, much closer to us. but this is a real concern. the main concern in b...

Weeks is all coming down stream so you can see how swift the water is moving back here. the arkansas river well out of its banks, typically it is over on the other side of those buildings but those buildings are now either totally submerged or partially submerged. the green roof you are looking at where you can see those whitecaps, that is a picnic area where on a saturday someone would be sitting with their family enjoying a picnic but it is now underwater just about. the raging arkansas river ...

On. same with our hotel. because we are at the angle we are at with our hotel, we are missing some of these bigger gusts. its being blocked. you can feel it whipping straight around constantly. in the last 20 to 30 minutes its gotten worse. i can see it not just in the way the trees are moving, but also the way the water and street is pushed so heavily. there is whitecaps in the cape fear river. this water is really, really being pushed quicker. we are going to continue to watch that, jon. >> jo...

Check back in with you. thank you so much on the scene in morehead city. well go to north topsail beach in north carolina. senior correspondent steve harrigan, who whizzed on these storms time and again. steve, what are you experiencing tonight, and would you say you are deteriorating significantly where you are? >> we are seeing some tough conditions. weve been here about an hour or so, and its actually a little bit scary what im seeing behind me. there were 50 or 60 yards of beachwood we start...