Grand Rapids Catholic Central added another big win to its resume, pushing its way into the MLive Michigan Girls Basketball Top 25 for the final week of January. Catholic Central, which had beaten a strong Portland team earlier during the season, added an impressive 53-40 victory over Division 1 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern.

In Grand Rapids, 20 of the first 27 days of January brought high temperatures at or below the freezing point. That has helped in developing ice. Ice coverage is near average for Lake Michigan, while the deficit is larger for Lake Superior, Ontario and Huron. Lake Erie has a substantial surplus.

The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Rapids released a long list of 96-hour snow totals today. Topping the list were the Lakeshore towns of Muskegon and Holland - both with 19 inches of snow. And the snow isn’t over yet. Although, the forecast shows what’s expected into Saturday won’t be a robust snow.

While the snow eased up for much of West Michigan Wednesday, a few more inches in lakeshore counties led some districts to cancel school again for Thursday.

Motorists should be prepared for slippery roads and rapid changes in visibility and road conditions due to lake effect snow, the weather service said.

Over the past 24 hours, troopers from the Grand Rapids post handled 83 crashes in Ottawa, Muskegon and Kent counties.

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

Nothing Bundt Cakes franchisees Scott and Christine Vogel are investing nearly $1 million in a new location near Muskegon.

The Michigan Sports Writers All-State (Formerly known as Associated Press All-State) poll is out this week for boys basketball in all four divisions. The panel of voters includes the Tribune. The Harbor Beach Pirates made their way to fourth place in the Division 3 poll,

Some West Michigan districts have canceled classes for Wednesday even as Arctic blast is expected to begin easing its grip on the region.

The top 10 teams in the Michigan Sports Writers high school boys basketball poll, with first-place votes in brackets, records in parenthesis, poll points and last week’s ranking. Totals are based on 15 points for a first-place vote, 14 for second, etc. Poll is for Jan. 28, 2025. Be sure to check out the girls basketball state rankings.

Rockford senior Anna Wypych (2) dribbles the ball during a high school girls basketball game between the Rockford Rams and the Catholic Central Cougars during the Holiday Classic at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Friday, December 20, 2024. Charlie Nick | MLive.com