Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Start Garden announced a major restructuring of The 100, its annual entrepreneur competition, bringing together multiple capital providers for the first time to offer more than $500,000 in funding opportunities to businesses at various stages of development. The eight-year-old competition, which has

Godwin Heights — Juniors recently traded their usual classroom routine for a three-day crash course in life after Godwin Heights High School, diving into an intensive “spring training” program designed to help them map out college, careers and other post-graduation plans. “I think it’s great that we...

Amy Sale attended Waukazoo Elementary as a child and spent more than 30 years teaching at that same school. She's retiring this year.

After more than a decade of planning, the effort to restore the Grand River to a more natural condition through downtown Grand Rapids kicked off on Monday.

Van’s Pastry Shoppe has called its building on Fulton Street home since the 1940s. Owners say dedication to tradition and the support of the Grand Rapids community have been the backbone of the business’ success.

Two people were shot at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids Sunday; police seek three suspects.

The 61st District Court in the city of Grand Rapids announced a monthlong amnesty program aimed at resolving warrants and settling old court financial obligations while waiving late fees and penalties.

The police K9 stabbed by a suspect on Saturday is expected to make a full recovery, but may never work again, said the Grand Rapids Police Department.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — A black bear cub running through parking lots in Coopersville this weekend surprised plenty of people in Ottawa County, but sightings like this are becoming increasingly normal across West Michigan according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The young bear was first spotted...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — James Gates just moved to Grand Rapids from Oklahoma a week ago. He didn’t think that in his short time here, a shooting by police would happen just across the street. He was just cleaning his porch after moving into his house on Widdicomb...