Byron Tollefson
News and Investigative Reporter at WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)
Reporter @WOODTV | Formerly @KTTCTV @NBC10Boston @NBCNightlyNews | Alum @NewhouseSU | @CityofBoston Area Native
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Byron Tollefson
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The fight over the future of Michigan’s minimum wage is back on. One Fair Wage, part of the ballot committee Voters to Stop Pay Cuts, has helped launch a new referendum effort to increase the minimum wage and get rid of the tipped wage for service industry workers. “Workers and voters are beyond infuriated,” said Saru Jayaraman, the group’s co-founder and president.
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1 week ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The fight over the future of Michigan’s minimum wage is back on. One Fair Wage, part of the ballot committee Voters to Stop Pay Cuts, has helped launch a new referendum effort to increase the minimum wage and get rid of the tipped wage for service industry workers. “Workers and voters are beyond infuriated,” said Saru Jayaraman, the group’s co-founder and president.
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2 weeks ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — After another deadly shooting in the Muskegon area, violence prevention groups continue to work to make a difference in their community. Having lived in Muskegon Heights her whole life, 19-year-old Marquette McDaniel says there’s always been violence around her. “On a typical day, you can hear gunshots up the streets, up the block, across the tracks,” she said. “You’ll see kids running out the street, you’ll hear domestic violence going on across the street.
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3 weeks ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Air quality reached unhealthy levels across the state Thursday as smoke from the Canadian wildfires drifted south. Michigan declared an air quality advisory lasting through noon Friday. Dr. Julia Becker, a physician in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at Corewell Health, takes care of patients with significant lung disease like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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3 weeks ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
Editor’s note: The video above aired May 29, 2025. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Samuel Sterling’s parents say they are devastated and in disbelief after a federal judge threw out the murder case against the former Michigan State Police sergeant in the death of their son. More than a year after she lost her son, the back of Andrica Cage’s shirt said it all: “A mother’s love never dies.” The front was a picture of Sterling with angel wings on his back.
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"Being surrounded by so much violence while trying to be something better ... it just inspires you to get up and do something.” Growing up in Muskegon Heights, Marquette McDaniel often heard gunshots and domestic violence. Now she's trying to prevent it: https://t.co/Ux62HOTuCq
I'm moving to Miami! Excited to share I'm joining @WPLGLocal10 as a reporter. Can't wait for this next adventure! https://t.co/K2z8YOj2rH
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