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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2 days 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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4 days 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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5 days ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After another string of car meetups ended in a shooting, Grand Rapids police are renewing their call to put a stop to these gatherings. Drone footage captured by News 8 shows what’s left behind from the latest meetups early Sunday morning. Tire tracks remain on the highway and at a strip mall from vehicles spinning donuts. An overhead view of tire marks left on I-196 the day after a car meetup on June 2, 2025.
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6 days ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Monday marks one year since 15-year-old Amillier Penn was shot and killed in broad daylight while playing football with friends in southeast Grand Rapids. For his father, Corey Penn, the pain and sense of loss is always there. “It just reopened wounds for me,” he said.
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1 week ago |
woodtv.com | Byron Tollefson
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — A Rockford coin collector says his penny sales have increased tenfold since President Trump first directed the Treasury Department to stop producing the penny earlier this year. Ben Soldaat has literally millions of coins in his collection. His lifetime of collecting has turned into a legitimate business. Soldaat has run Grand Rapids Coins off 10 Mile Road in Rockford for several years.
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