Grand Rapids MI

The Veterans Day parade took on special meaning this year, celebrating 250 years of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps! What does Veterans Day mean to you?

I walked up to the rotary dial phone and sat on the black bench as a fall breeze blew through the cemetery. While the Oak Grove Cemetery is in between the busy roads of Grand Rapids, there is a quiet peacefulness that fills the air. I pick up the wind phone, a phone that carries the messages you have to your lost...

Frederick Meijer Gardens is a true West Michigan gem, and locals know why. Between the year-round art and nature exhibits, hundreds of stunning sculptures, and the Summer Concert Series, it’s no wonder this spot has been voted the No. 1 sculpture park in the country—three years running!. A...

The Grand Rapids Holiday Shopping Guide 2025 recommends local gifts, with a focus on experience-based presents. The guide suggests options such as fitness classes, crafting workshops, or lift tickets instead of traditional boxed gifts. These experiences are presented as ways to create shared activities among family...

Whether it’s the way they talk or the chips they eat, these traits make Michigan one of a kind.

Beginning Nov. 14, visitors to Warehouse One Antiques can attend its annual Deer Hunter's Widow Sale, a weekend community market featuring over 100 vendors and late-night shopping deals.

Until Dec. 31, Mel Trotter Ministries' annual Code Blue Drive is open for winter item donations to benefit West Michigan's unhoused population in and around Grand Rapids.

WYOMING, MI — A new pedestrian bridge offers pedestrians, walkers and bikers a safer connection to scenic trails. The bridge, which officially opened on Sept. 27, extends over 28th Street on Hook Avenue SW. The structure connects to 4.6 miles of new trails recently built by the city of Wyoming.

West Michigan drinkers will have the opportunity to taste spirits straight from the barrel when Legacy Winery & Spirits opens next spring in Hudsonville. Owners Lance and Anjalie Wassink are targeting March 2026 to debut the 2,500-square-foot Legacy Winery & Spirits tasting room at 5400 School Ave. in Hudsonville....

"All About That Bass" singer Meghan Trainor will perform at the Acrisure Amphitheater in Grand Rapids next summer.