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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Doctor: Educate yourself to use alcohol responsibly

2 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Educating yourself about alcohol and how it may affect you is the first step in protecting your health and the people you care about, a local doctor said. April is Alcohol Awareness Month. “We’d like to take this time to raise a little bit of awareness just to think about relationships with alcohol,” Dr. David Rzeszutko, vice president of medical and clinical operations at Priority Health, told News 8 Tuesday.
Doctor: Educate yourself to use alcohol responsibly

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Educating yourself about alcohol and how it may affect you is the first step in protecting your health and the people you care about, a local doctor said. April is Alcohol Awareness Month. “We’d like to take this time to raise a little bit of awareness just to think about relationships with alcohol,” Dr. David Rzeszutko, vice president of medical and clinical operations at Priority Health, told News 8 Tuesday.
Western Michigan University to announce new president Wednesday

2 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Western Michigan University is expected to appoint its next president Wednesday. An agenda posted online says the Board of Trustees will appoint the school’s tenth president and then hear remarks from that person during a 2 p.m. special meeting. The meeting will stream online, the agenda indicates. The new president will replace President Edward Montgomery, who is retiring effective June 30. Montgomery took the helm at WMU in 2017.
Western Michigan University to announce new president Wednesday

2 days ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Western Michigan University is expected to appoint its next president Wednesday. An agenda posted online says the Board of Trustees will appoint the school’s tenth president and then hear remarks from that person during a 2 p.m. special meeting. The meeting will stream online, the agenda indicates. The new president will replace President Edward Montgomery, who is retiring effective June 30. AdvertisementAdvertisementMontgomery took the helm at WMU in 2017.
Deputies: Suspects caught with stolen UTV, skid-steer

3 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Two people were caught with a stolen piece of construction equipment worth nearly $120,000 after their truck got stuck in the mud near Coldwater, deputies say. It happened Saturday at the Branch Solar construction site on S. Batavia Road south of Lockwood Road in Bethel Township. The Branch County Sheriff’s Office said it was called there on a report of a possible break-in in progress.
Third man charged in deadly shooting of security guard in Kalamazoo

3 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A third person has been charged in connection to a shooting at a Kalamazoo distillery that left a security guard dead. Oscar Wygant, 20, of Battle Creek, was arraigned Monday on a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the death of Montine Wiley, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said. Two other Battle Creek men, 18-year-old Kaiden Cole and 22-year-old Damonte Jenkins-Gooden, were charged in the case Friday.
Third man charged in deadly shooting of security guard in Kalamazoo

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A third person has been charged in connection to a shooting at a Kalamazoo distillery that left a security guard dead. Oscar Wygant, 20, of Battle Creek, was arraigned Monday on a charge of being an accessory after the fact in the death of Montine Wiley, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said. Two other Battle Creek men, 18-year-old Kaiden Cole and 22-year-old Damonte Jenkins-Gooden, were charged in the case Friday.
John Ball Zoo penguin is the ‘World’s Most Popular’

6 days ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has champion. Philbert the penguin won the March of the Penguin Madness tournament hosted by Penguins International, the zoo in Grand Rapids announced in a social media post Friday. That makes him the “World’s Most Popular Penguin.” “We couldn’t be prouder of our little champion. Now it’s time for a victory swim, a few extra fish, and LOTS of happy honking!” the zoo wrote. When News 8 met Phil in March, his keepers already knew how great he was.
John Ball Zoo penguin is the ‘World’s Most Popular’

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — John Ball Zoo has champion. Philbert the penguin won the March of the Penguin Madness tournament hosted by Penguins International, the zoo in Grand Rapids announced in a social media post Friday. That makes him the “World’s Most Popular Penguin.”“We couldn’t be prouder of our little champion. Now it’s time for a victory swim, a few extra fish, and LOTS of happy honking!” the zoo wrote. When News 8 met Phil in March, his keepers already knew how great he was.
Grand Rapids soccer stadium groundbreaking ceremony set for next week

1 week ago | woodtv.com | Rachel Van Gilder

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Developers and leaders will gather next week to celebrate the start of construction on a new soccer stadium in Grand Rapids. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Amway Stadium is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Present will be Grand Action 2.0 co-chairs Dick DeVos, Carol Van Andel and Tom Welch; Mayor David LaGrand; Amway’s Will Templeton; Major League Soccer Next Pro President Charles Altchek and Rockford Construction President and CEO Shane Napper.