Rachel Van Gilder

Grand Rapids

Digital Executive Producer at WOOD-TV (Grand Rapids, MI)

@WOODTV digital executive producer. AP style acolyte. Likely internet addict. Newsroom Oracle.

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‘All-in’: New MSU athletic director sets sights on success

3 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder |Alec Giannakopoulos

EAST LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — As Michigan State University on Wednesday welcomed J Batt as its new athletic director, he promised “hard work, energy, effort, creativity and the highest level of integrity each and every day to support our coaches and student athletes.” “This is in an incredible moment for me, for our family. We’re absolutely humbled to be here today,” he said at a news conference in East Lansing. “These are all-in jobs.
Man found not guilty of murder in deadly Grand Rapids shooting

5 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder |John Hogan

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'Miscarriage of justice,' Michigan attorney general says after murder case against former state police detective dismissed

1 week ago | wlns.com | Duncan MacLean |Brittany Flowers |Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan attorney general says she is considering appeals after a federal judge dismissed the murder case against a former Michigan State Police detective sergeant who hit a suspect with his cruiser, killing him. “The way this case was decided was nothing short of a miscarriage of justice,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday, speaking to News 8 on Mackinac Island.
'Miscarriage of justice,' Michigan attorney general says after murder case against former state police detective dismissed

1 week ago | woodtv.com | Duncan MacLean |Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan attorney general says she is considering appeals after a federal judge dismissed the murder case against a former Michigan State Police detective sergeant who hit a suspect with his cruiser, killing him. “The way this case was decided was nothing short of a miscarriage of justice,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Thursday, speaking to News 8 on Mackinac Island.
Trump says he will mull pardon in Whitmer kidnapping plot case

1 week ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

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Trump says he will mull pardon in Whitmer kidnapping plot case

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — President Donald Trump says he will consider pardoning men who were convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “I’m going to look at it,” Trump told reporters when asked about the case Wednesday. “I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job, I’ll be honest with you. It looked to me like some people said some stupid things.
2 injured when Grand Rapids school bus crashes and rolls over

1 week ago | wlns.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A school staff member and another driver where hospitalized after a crash that caused a school bus to tip over on the East Beltline in metro Grand Rapids Wednesday morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Beltline at Bradford Street, just north of I-96. A News 8 crew at the scene saw the Thornapple Kellogg Schools bus on its side with the rear emergency exit door open.
MSP investigates deadly crash on US-131 in Grand Rapids

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A crash on US-131 in Grand Rapids Wednesday morning was deadly, police say. It happened around 5:50 a.m. in the northbound lanes of US-131 over 6th Street, just north of the I-196 interchange. A view of the crash from a News 8 camera mounted on a nearby building showed what appeared to be a van or large SUV with significant damage. The scene of a crash on US-131 over 6th Street in Grand Rapids on May 28, 2025.
Staffer, other driver injured after crash causes school bus to roll

1 week ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A school staff member and another driver where hospitalized after a crash that caused a school bus rolled over on the East Beltline in metro Grand Rapids Wednesday morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Beltline at Bradford Street, just north of I-96. A News 8 crew at the scene saw the Thornapple Kellogg Schools bus on its side with the rear emergency exit door open.
Staffer, other driver injured after crash causes school bus to roll

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A school staff member and another driver where hospitalized after a crash that caused a school bus to tip over on the East Beltline in metro Grand Rapids Wednesday morning. It happened just after 8 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Beltline at Bradford Street, just north of I-96. A News 8 crew at the scene saw the Thornapple Kellogg Schools bus on its side with the rear emergency exit door open.