Grand Rapids MI

After only a year as Big Rapids’ athletic director, Stephanie Shaw decided to step down at the end of July. Now, the school has found its newest leader of sports. Cole Andrews was announced as the school’s newest athletic director on Monday, Aug. 17. He last served as Rockford’s athletic director for the past seven yea

The city of Wyoming is looking for its new police chief as current Chief Kip Snyder is set to retire.

The Pretzel Bell, a beloved Ann Arbor restaurant with history stretching back to 1934, is rolling out a revamped menu that spotlights ingredients from a plethora of other Michigan businesses. Pretzel Bell’s new “From Our Neighbors” initiative features businesses from not just the Ann Arbor area, but the entire state...

Five Finger Death Punch was playing Acrisure Amphitheater in Grand Rapids when frontman Ivan Moody spotted a fan in a Machine Shop shirt and said the band needs to get back to Flint, maybe for three nights straight.

The city of Grand Rapids is holding an event Saturday to help eligible Michigan residents expunge their criminal records.

"About two weeks ago our company had to make some changes and they had to eliminate some jobs. Mine was one of them that was eliminated. I'm going to be here for two more weeks." The post Michelle McCormick Exits WLAV Grand Rapids After Layoffs appeared first on Barrett Media .

BIG RAPIDS — Ferris State University student Patrick DeWitt is working this summer with Kent Companies, a West Michigan concrete contractor, getting hands-on exposure to two of Grand Rapids' most visible construction projects: the $175 million Amway Stadium and the newly opened consolidated rental car facility at Geral

For generations, food festivals have offered cities a way to put local restaurants, businesses and community life on display. One of the best-known examples is Taste of Chicago, which debuted in 1980 after its organizers drew inspiration from a short-lived food event in New York City in the late 1970s.

A neighbor's petition pushed the City of Grand Rapids to install a roundabout at Coit and Guild after years of crashes near his family's home.

From a Rockford coffee roaster to a Fennville hardware store, these West Michigan businesses have somehow kept the doors open for over a century.