East Grand Rapids

“I will not vote for someone who could cause so much instability,” said Arick Davis, a 32-year-old part-owner of Last Mile Café in South East Grand Rapids.

Soon after the call from Rev. Scott Nolan, leader of the East Grand Rapids, Mich., parish, the coronavirus pandemic shutdown began, and Smolenski has not been to church physically in months.

She said she was not an exceptional student while attending East Grand Rapids High School but was fortunate to get into Marymount College and eventually the University of Michigan.

Welch, 50, of East Grand Rapids is trying to land on the court from western Michigan.

The Kent County courtroom turned into a classroom as 5-year-old Michael Clark Jr. squirmed in his chair, and supporters from Wealthy Elementary in East Grand Rapids held up hearts on sticks.