Grand Rapids MI

Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy wants more testing at a former landfill that John Ball Zoo is considering for a new $370 million aquarium in a Grand Rapids suburb.

Downtown Grand Rapids business owners are investing in more public events and expanding operating hours as real estate brokers deploy new selling points ahead of the Acrisure Amphitheater’s opening in two months. With Lionel Richie set to open the 12,000-person venue on May 15, business owners throughout the...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Grand Rapids, Michigan – Heavy lake-effect snow and wind gusts approaching 55 mph are sweeping across western Michigan Monday morning, creating bursts of whiteout conditions that could make travel dangerous...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A military fighter jet was most likely the source of a loud noise heard by many in greater Grand Rapids on Sunday afternoon. Some people shared on social media over the weekend that the boom sound shook their homes near the airport in Cascade Township.

While most restaurants are charging more these days, one restaurant in Grand Rapids is doing the opposite.

On the morning of March 2, LSA senior Brendan LaFrenier set off from the Detroit Riverfront with a goal that would take him across Michigan on foot. Over the next four days, LaFrenier ran more than 200 miles west to Lake Michigan in Holland, aiming to raise $100,000 for homeless shelters across the state and...

OTTAWA COUNTY — As local government transparency remains a focal point for residents across West Michigan, two upcoming workshops in Ottawa County aim to pull back the curtain on how municipal decisions are made and how the public can access official records. The initiatives, hosted by the City of...

Richard Griffin, a Grand Rapids community advocate who was behind bars as a juvenile, is running to become a Grand Rapids third ward commissioner.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Michigan – Wind whips across parking lots and rattles bare tree branches this morning across western Michigan. Temperatures hover near freezing near Grand Rapids, but a powerful March storm is already...

A witness told a judge this week that a series of unusual bank transfers flowed out of an elderly West Michigan woman’s accounts while attorney Traci Kornak was serving as her conservator. Kornak, who previously worked as treasurer for the Michigan Democratic Party, has now been charged by Kent County prosecutors in...