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If you were in the West Michigan area back in the late 70s, you remember "Big Sid". Now we have reports of another large serpent on the loose in the same area.

In the 70s and 80s Dick Evans would travel the state to bring us stories of some cool places in our state.

It was the storm that everyone remembers -- "The Blizzard of '78". Time Magazine ranked the storm in their "Top 10 Big, Bad Blizzards".

Tamron Hall talked with GMA's Ginger Zee about Ginger's new book and surprised her with a video from WOOD TV's Chief Meteorologist Ellen Bacca.

He's a 3x Emmy Award Winning Sports Anchor-Reporter-Producer at WOOD TV 8, but now Larry Figurski is calling game over.

Imagine laying in your bed in the middle of the night, sound asleep, only to be awakened by the sound of gunshots and breaking glass.

As a tribute to both Bill Steffen and Ellen Bacca and their new roles in the Storm Team 8 Tracking Center, the Grand Rapids Chorus of Sweet Adelines put together a musical tribute for the two weather forecasters.

Bill Steffen will become the Chief Meteorologist Emeritus. That move will transition Ellen Bacca into the Chief Meteorologist role.

A 61 year old man has been arrested in connection to the disappearance of Deanie Peters 40 years ago.

We all look forward to that three day weekend that unofficially kicks off the summer season -- but have we forgotten the reason we have a Memorial Day in the first place?

For those that travel with their dog, there is now a dog friendly hotel in downtown Grand Rapids.

Today marks the 43rd anniversary of the "Blizzard of '78"! What were you doing back in 1978? If you were living in Michigan at the time, you were probably doing a lot of snow shoveling. This storm was one of the biggest snow storms to every hit this area. A low-pressure system moving from the Gulf Coast met with two other low-pressure systems, one from the Southwest and one from Canada, to create one of the worst snowstorms the Midwest has ever seen.