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The city's biggest art event wants to end its run with a Guinness World Record, and it just needs a crowd.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids has launched a pilot program that formalizes local musicians as small business enterprises and pays them as city vendors for public performances. Phase Zero, part of the city’s Cultural Business Enterprise Initiative, will certify 15 to 18 musicians as Cultural Business Enterprises and..

Calling all Gabby’s Dollhouse fans! Families will have a special chance to meet Laila Lockhart Kraner, the star who brings Gabby to life, during two FREE family-friendly grand opening celebrations at Gardner White on Saturday, September 26, 2026. Laila Lockhart Kraner, star of Netflix and DreamWorks Animation’s hit Gab

After years of running The Pack Indoor Dog Park on West River, owners Raechel and Joelle are closing the doors. They'll honor all memberships, punch cards, and gift cards through September 19th.

NEWARK, N.J. - Air travel can be an exhausting ordeal, especially for new parents. But on a recent United Airlines flight, a watchful flight attendant turned a potentially scary moment into a heartwarming display of compassion. What we know:. According to an Instagram post shared by a fellow passenger, an...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A 69-year-old will likely spend his remaining days incarcerated after he was sentenced to decades in prison for stabbing his significant other to death. Robert Marion will serve a minimum 27 years and 10 months in prison on a manslaughter charge for the death of 58-year-old Esther Lean Claxton.

Germany-based energy company RWE would operate the proposed $300 million Silver Maple Solar farm spanning 1,900 acres in Zeeland and Jamestown Townships. It has secured 52 private leases, 60% of those located in Zeeland Township. In response, Zeeland Township filed a lawsuit claiming Public Act 233, which allows renewa

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Construction equipment hummed Tuesday as crews worked on a six-story apartment building for Corewell Health’s medical residents, the latest project transforming Grand Rapids’ once-industrial River North district. Once complete, the Karl and Patricia Betz Resident Physician Living Center will bring 11

Among the key ballot issues voters will be asked to consider in November is a proposal to renew a millage supporting county corrections and detention. The millage was originally approved in 1990 and renewed in 2008. Now, voters are being asked to consider renewing the millage for another 20 years.