Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – If you see a drone hovering above a parking lot in downtown Grand Rapids, it could be part of a parking study being led by the city. The city is considering using drones to collect data on capacity and utilization of parking downtown, including when and where parking is used at different times of...

Joe Bielecki: I like to start out by defining terms, and I think it would be a good place to start with kind of differentiating a tenant's union from a labor union. I think a lot more people are probably familiar with labor unions, where a bunch of employees get together, and they collectively bargain for better pay,...

Anyone who has entered a mall since the COVID-19 pandemic will have noticed one thing: how empty they feel. In-person retailers have struggled to attract customers compared to online shopping, with malls being the most evident sign of this struggle. Taking a look at Rivertown Crossing in Grandville, the store is...

A Bridge Street meadery will shut its doors for good, blaming a sharp drop in sales on the city’s closure of a nearby public parking lot.

In a press release on Thursday, Utz Brands announced it planned to close its Grand Rapids manufacturing facility, reducing the number of its plants from eight to seven.

The owner of a Grand Rapids bar says she'll likely have to close its doors.

What an honor it is for Michigan to make some top 25 lists in America and the world. Are we proud?. Michigan cities made the Lawn Starter.com list of the dirtiest cities in the U.S. and the AQI list for most polluted cities. What an honor?. The "dirtiest city list"...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Chief Meteorologist Samantha Jacques has been on maternity leave, enjoying her daughter Adaline “Ada” Renee with her husband, Austin. But Thursday morning, Samantha joined anchors Tanner Holbrook and Emily Scarlett alongside Meteorologist Amber Twardy on Morning+ to give an update on how things...

An employee at John Ball Zoo was assaulted on Tuesday, the zoo says.

While many people love Halloween for the candy or the costumes, the haunted houses have become my favorite part of the holiday. Walking through various sets like an insane asylum, abandoned house, and more, while animatronics and actors try to scare you, is a strange thrill. But these frights are meant to scare you,...