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Garry Frank

FOX 17

Grand Rapids, MI, United States

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Steady rain & wind dominate late Saturday

WEST MICHIGAN- A late winter storm pushes into the plains and upper Midwest during the day Saturday, but our main headlines will be windy and rainy conditions later today. Expect a wide area of moderate rainfall later on this evening. Even a few areas to the north could encounter some brief freezing rain as well. Steady rain continues as temperatures generally warm up overnight. → Read More

Floor director Mike Davis reflects on time in Vietnam War

WEST MICHIGAN- With the addition of a PBR boat to West Michigan, Floor Director Mike Davis went to visit a boat he is familiar with, as he served our country in the Vietnam War. → Read More

Memorial Day weekend remaining mostly dry

WEST MICHIGAN- It seems like I write a similar article on this every year, but it becomes magnified even more when it's a holiday weekend: "Is it going to rain? My phone says it's going to rain." This is your pretty standard app that you have on your phone for weather. → Read More

Rainy and cooler Mother’s Day weekend

WEST MICHIGAN- In the video forecast above, I've highlighted a little more about a stationary frontal boundary that's moving into our area over the next few days that's expected to bring us periods of heavy rain, and a much cooler weekend. → Read More

Daylight Saving Time ends next weekend

WEST MICHIGAN - It's something that everyone loves to hate: daylight saving time. Are you a fan of it? A lot of people love the extra hour of sleep but hate to lose it in the spring. It's that time of the year one week from today. → Read More

West Michigan’s fall foliage is slow to peak this year

WEST MICHIGAN- One of my favorite parts of fall is watching the trees change color. Last year was a phenomenal year for color. Vibrant colors like this are usually what we would have expected to see already, but a lot of green still remains in the trees. → Read More

Great Labor Day weekend ahead

WEST MICHIGAN- The unofficial last week of summer is upon us and a lot of us would like to get out and enjoy one last weekend that's warm and decent to get out on the lake, and this weekend looks to be just that. → Read More

Beautiful conditions this weekend and beyond

WEST MICHIGAN- We're looking at a great weekend for anything you'd like to do in our entire state, or beyond. The only negative is that we don't have any rain chances for the next several days, so you'll need to water your lawn or garden fairly regularly. → Read More

Severe weather possible overnight

WEST MICHIGAN- A rollercoaster of temperatures is expected for the next 72 hours as a couple of different frontal systems will have an impact on our weather. → Read More

Will it rain this weekend? Vol. 1

WEST MICHIGAN- This is the most popular question of the summer, anywhere I go. While it's only "unofficially" summer, I've heard this about 10 times already. We'll start a new series here at FOX 17 (or I will, I suppose,) because it's what everyone wants to know as they plan their travels to the lake or up north, etc. → Read More

Windy Thursday, cooler air arrives

WEST MICHIGAN- We've been spoiled with summer like temperatures over the last several days as we've been close to 90 a couple of times! While this isn't all that uncommon, it's best to remember we're still in the spring season and that means our temperatures can change fairly quickly from day to day. → Read More

Another frost possible tonight

WEST MICHIGAN- It was a very cold start to the morning for many locations in West Michigan as we all experienced some sort of freeze this AM. Morning lows ranged from the mid 20s right to the freezing mark of 32. I even saw a few locations on the WeatherBug networks we have set up reach as low as 24 in Battle Creek. → Read More

Wet pattern continues

WEST MICHIGAN- Over the last few weeks, days with rain have certainly outnumbered the sunny, dry days. That continues as we're looking at another slow moving system to our southwest move up leading into the weekend. → Read More

More storms this afternoon

WEST MICHIGAN- We've seen several rounds of storms this morning in many locations in West Michigan, and we're primed to see a few more later on this afternoon. → Read More

Severe Weather Awareness Week

WEST MICHIGAN- Every year we designate a special week for severe weather awareness and preparedness. That week has begun and we'll do several things to remind you how to keep you and your family safe during the upcoming severe weather season. → Read More

Rainy Easter weekend? Don’t let the icons fool you

WEST MICHIGAN- If you're like many people nowadays, you need information fast and you don't want to spend time reading much of anything to get that information. You've probably already lost interest in what I am saying and moved on. Ok, so I'm only kidding about that, but I don't blame you. → Read More

Stormy return from spring break

WEST MICHIGAN- Several areas have already seen one round of severe weather this morning, and it's likely we'll see another round later on this afternoon. → Read More

From snow to shorts

WEST MICHIGAN- A lot of West Michigan saw some form of snow this morning as we had varying levels of cold air move into the region. We discussed previously that forecasting amounts of snowfall were difficult because of the nature of our temperatures being above freezing (see Ty's article from yes... → Read More

April snowfall on the way

WEST MICHIGAN- Snow in April isn't uncommon, as I mentioned yesterday. I remember it specifically because I was all amped up to watch the Masters and play golf and at this same time last year, we got about 6 inches of snow. . → Read More

April snowfall on the way

WEST MICHIGAN- Snow in April isn't uncommon, as I mentioned the other day. I remember it specifically because I was all amped up to watch the Masters and play golf and at this same time last year, we got about 6 inches of snow. . → Read More