Repentance, reconciliation and renewal will be an integral part of my journey this season of hope. Due to a time conflict, I celebrated Mass at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church instead of my parish Wednesday night.

Several horses were on the loose south of Grand Rapids Wednesday morning, sparking a traffic alert for the animals.

Michigan State Police troopers near Grand Rapids had to wrangle several horses Wednesday morning on the side of the highway.

KENT COUNTY, MI – Traffic is slowed on M-6 on Wednesday, March 5, while police and others round up 15 horses that got loose. An officer reported “pandemonium.” The horses were reported loose on M-6 between U.S. 131 and Kalamazoo Avenue SW. They had escaped from a boarding facility.

If you took M-6 Wednesday morning, you may have seen something out of the ordinary: horses. (March 5, 2025)

If you took M-6 Wednesday morning, you may have seen something out of the ordinary: horses. They have since been wrangled, but earlier in the morning, about 15 horses were loose on M-6 in the area of Byron Center Avenue,