Grand Rapids MI

Dozens of people filled Calder Plaza in Grand Rapids on Saturday, calling for answers in the shooting death of Da'Quain Johnson.

More than 200 people gathered Saturday at Calder Plaza following the Feb. 18 shooting death of Da'Quain Johnson by Grand Rapids police.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Proposals for new apartments, an exclusive business club and a new Chipotle were among the interesting projects that went before Grand Rapids-area planners this month. Local planning commissions and city leaders considered a variety of projects for different stages of approval in February. Here is...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Families satisfied their appetite for fun competing in a life-sized tabletop game. Teams of six raced across an ice rink in sleds, scooping up balls in a fast-paced competition on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Rosa Park Circle in Grand Rapids. The event mimicked the popular Hasbro game, “Hungry Hungry...

It was a packed room at Alger Middle School Monday evening as community members gathered to voice concerns and ask questions of Mayor David LaGrand during his Mayor’s Monday forum, this week focused on policing and justice. This meeting came after a week of tension and grief in Grand...

Grand Rapids received more than $1 million in a federal grant to upgrade the UV disinfection system at the Water Resource Recovery Facility. James Ootz is the Environmental Services Manager. “Every single day our team treats 40 million gallons of wastewater before its safely returned to the environment.”. Funds will...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Director Baz Luhrmann's brand-new documentary-style concert film, "EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert," takes after its title. The film delivers on the complete concert experience, full of the glitz and glam of Elvis' Las Vegas residency performances, while also allowing the viewer to get to know...

A Michigan State Police patrol vehicle was struck early on Sunday, March 1, while parked alongside westbound Interstate 96 in Kent County, police said. The trooper's SUV was struck about 3:15 a.m. Sunday while at the scene of a previous crash on I-96 near Alden Nash Road, south of Lowell. Police, in a post on X on...

Get ready, Grand Rapids! This summer, the pickle party is hitting new heights with festivals that'll make your taste buds tingle.

Phone addiction is a struggle all too familiar to the average consumer. Since the smartphone’s debut in 2007, consumers have built an unhealthy attachment, depending on this portable technology to function in their daily lives. This dependence is not only a personal struggle, but it’s become a societal issue that has...