Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Metro Health
For the staff at Metro Health-University of Michigan Health, âGo Blueâ is more than a sports cheer. Itâs also a phrase they use to remind colleagues to wash their hands, a vital practice for health care safety and quality.
âItâs a good phrase for us, as a Michigan institution,â said Dr. Ronald Grifka, chief medical officer. âItâs also just a gentle reminder that weâre working as a team and weâre going to help each other to get better as a team.â
Getting better as a team is a constant at Metro Health, the only Grand Rapids-area hospital to earn an âAâ rating in the Leapfrog Groupâs most recent Hospital Safety Grade.
Award-winning West Michigan pianist and composer Roger MacNaughton firmly believes there are few more inspiring places to create art than Mackinac Island."With all the history that’s there and just the magnificence of the island itself, it’s just a warm, inviting place," said MacNaughton, who recently released the album, "Mackinac, I’ve Come Home," after being selected as an artist-in-residence by Mackinac State Historic Parks.MacNaughton spent two weeks in "a nice little
January 11, 2021
From the Associated Press Authorities say a Grand Rapids-area teacher pregnant with her third child was strangled by her husband. Richard Guichelaar appeared in Kentwood District Court in a murder charge Monday. Bond was set at $2 million. Police say 32-year-old Amber Guichelaar was killed at her home on November 16. She was a Kentwood teacher and the mother of two children. Investigators say her husband was only the person at home “physically capable” of causing the injuries. The Kentwood school district says the family remains in its “thoughts and prayers.”
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Michigan has banned the open carry of guns in the state Capitol a week after an armed mob rioted in the U.S. Capitol and following a protest in the statehouse last year. Moves to ban weapons at the statehouse have been pushed since April, when protesters opposed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 restrictions, some armed with long rifles and other weapons, entered the statehouse demanding to be allowed into the legislative chambers. The Michigan Capitol Commission has been reluctant to issue rules for firearms, but it shifted course Monday and issued the order to ban the
ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Students at a Grand Rapids-area high school have raised enough money to help a family acquire a home.Forest Hills Central in Ada Township raised $21,000, more than double its goal, to help families with gifts at Christmas. The balance will be used by Family Promise of Grand Rapids to help a family with housing, MLive.com reported.Family Promise Partners in Housing purchases and renovates affordable homes. After a year, a family gets to keep the home, said Kate