A Barry County man was arrested and charged Friday, Jan. 24, with open murder following the strangulation death of his uncle in their shared residence.

Many school districts have closed Thursday, Jan. 23, as snowfall continues - particularly along the lakeshore - in a weeklong winter storm.

A chain reaction crash developed Tuesday morning in white-out conditions along Interstate 94 in West Michigan.

“In cold temperatures like this, when the firefighters stop, and they have sweat underneath. Once they lose the protection of that vapor barrier, they never get it back,” a Fire Lieutenant with The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said.

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

WAYLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Hot ‘n Now, the once-popular fast food restaurant, will return to West Michigan. Gun Lake Investments announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Hot ‘n Now and plans to open two locations over the next year, one near Gun Lake Casino in Wayland and one in Alpena. It plans to open more locations in the coming years.

While temperatures are rising and we're on our way out of the sub-zero temperatures we saw earlier this week, the snow still won't quit.

The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow

With widespread school closings in West Michigan this week, some districts have now seen a half dozen or more snow days this school year.

“In cold temperatures like this, when the firefighters stop and they have sweat underneath, once they lose the protection of that vapor barrier --they never get it back,” Fire Lieutenant Jason Hendrick with the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety said.

You can send photos and videos of the snow in your area, or of how you and your family are waiting out the winter weather.