Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — No one was injured in a fire that broke out at a Grand Rapids home overnight. The fire started just before 1 a.m. Tuesday at a home in the 500 block of Union Avenue SE. Fire crews saw flames coming from the first story of the home when they arrived, according to Grand Rapids Professional Firefighters Local 366.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — With less than a month to go before the new Acrisure Amphitheater opens, the city of Grand Rapids is unveiling its full strategy to handle the influx of visitors. I have heard a lot of concern about parking for the new venue, a question I...

Monday marked 16 days since a Michigan woman vanished from a boat in the Bahamas, with her husband saying she fell into the ocean.

A round-up of the new restaurants and other businesses in Grand Rapids and across West Michigan, as well as closings, relocations and other changes. OPENED: Keke’s Kitchen arrived on the scene at 1269 Madison Ave. SE, south of downtown Grand Rapids. Self-taught chef Keke has been cooking and catering for years, but just recently opened this eatery with a variety of cuisine...

From stadium shows to amphitheater tours, Michigan’s 2026 concert lineup is stacked. These are the 10 shows you won’t want to miss.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A group of students from Sacred Heart Academy in Grand Rapids chose to spend their spring break giving back. The students traveled to help renovate and repair a woman’s home near Gulfport, Mississippi. “I decided I’d give it a try and just jump in and I loved it,” Catherine Rogovich, […]

As opening day approaches for the new Acrisure Amphitheater, Grand Rapids is fine-tuning two essentials of the concert experience: what you’ll eat and how you’ll get there. Set along the Grand River with room for more than 12,000 guests, the venue is expected to draw upwards of 300,000...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An Otsego woman danced her way to a $1 million prize at Van Andel Arena earlier this month at Michigan Lottery’s Millionaire Maker Second Chance event!. Michelle Roemer, 58, won the $1 million grand prize at the Grand Rapids Griffins game on April 10...

The project includes 3,000 feet of sewer separation on Godfrey Avenue from Oxford Street to the Grand River. A larger storm sewer will replace an older combined sewer to direct rainwater to the river instead of the water treatment facility. “Our combined sewer overflows to the river have been disconnected...

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — April showers bring flooded streets and, in turn, kayakers every year down the streets near the Grand River in Comstock Park. The residents in that community and in other water-logged areas of Kent County are hoping the water is already at its highest point, with flooding expected to crest at the Grand River on Monday morning.