Jim Sutton

Photojournalist at @FOX17 WXMI

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Amway Stadium. The future professional Soccer stadium in Grand Rapids now has a name.

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In the two months since the tornadoes in Portage, the trees have been cleared and the weeds are taking over. A lot of damaged property remains untouched. FEMA just denied the request for aid to the area.

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It took crews about 45 minutes to clear all the tree debris on Blank Rd. in Whitehall.

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Tornado damage at Greenspire Apartments in Portage.

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This is a split screen with the exact same camera settings, filter 4, F5.6 on a Sony TV camera. The right side shows how much light was lost during the eclipse peak. It didn’t look this dark to the naked eye, but the camera sees things differently.

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Got my Mr. Star Guy solar filter, all set for today’s eclipse. This blocks more than 99.99% of the sun’s rays.

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Fox 17 will have a one -on-one interview with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, as she travels to Grand Rapids Michigan.

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Demolition has begun on the long vacant Charley’s Crab seafood restaurant. This space will be part of the amphitheater district along the Grand River.

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@billyjoel If “An Innocent Man” was released in December, it was 1983 not 1984.

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This is what $100,000 worth of handguns looks like. Several agencies all the way to the FBI quickly located the thieves who robbed Dunham’s Sports in Benton Harbor. They were quite relieved that these 122 guns will stay off the streets.

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The little brick building at Veterans Memorial Park is now a coffee shop called Has Heart. They also sell clothing and artwork made by veterans.

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The 126 Army Band performs at the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans in honor of Veteran's Day weekend.

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The roofless house on Scott View Dr. in Comstock Park. The National Weather Service has determined this was a tornado.

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Dive teams from multiple agencies are searching the Grand River at Johnson park for a missing swimmer who went under late this morning.

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Founders Brewing Co. has released “Hungry & Sober.” This is a non alcoholic zero calorie hop flavored beverage.

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Groundbreaking in Wayland for a new $10.4 million University of Michigan-West health facility.

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An arena has been proposed for downtown Kalamazoo. This is the site looking south from Kalamazoo Ave. & Westnedge Ave.

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Massive pileup in I-96 near Portland. Both sides of the highway shut down.

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The Cesar E. Chavez social justice march parades down Cesar E. Chavez Ave passing Cesar E. Chavez Elementary school in Grand Rapids. Narration by Lupe Ramos-Montigny.

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@CABrownTV @matt_witkos I brought my homemade chili, but we ended up stopping at Qdoba instead.