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Mid-August’s flurry of concerts and festivals electrified fans of electronic music, metal, country, punk, emo, indie-folk and more. View the recaps and photo galleries at Local Spins. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTO GALLERIES. At Grand Rapids’ Acrisure Amphitheater on Saturday, the operative greeting was “Welcome to the Circus”

At the end of July, a 24-year-old woman solo bike packed from Mackinaw City to Grand Rapids, tracing the Lake Michigan shoreline in what she remembers as “an amazing 11 days.”. Not only was it Yasmina Ahlmaris’s first time outside her home country of Morocco, it was also her...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Shower chances will last one more day Sunday in West Michigan before pleasant weather returns. TODAY Morning showers and storms are possible, especially along and south of I-96 with pockets of fog. Most of the rain will be contained to the morning hours with just an isolated shower or storm

GRAND RAPIDS — Work has officially begun to transform one of downtown Grand Rapids’ oldest commercial landmarks into a modern residential hub, marking the latest wave of office-to-housing conversions taking root in the city's urban core. CWD Real Estate Investment announced Monday that construction is underway on a...

BYRON CENTER, MI — Elementary-age children dart through the parking lot as parents braid hair and fasten uniform buttons. Nearby, teenagers warm up on trombones and drums. When the whistle blows, everyone falls into formation. The Northern Lights marching band is minutes away from performing in its next parade.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — No one is hurt and one person is in custody after an armed robbery and car crash Sunday afternoon. Statewide | Lake City Area Schools mourns student killed in Missaukee County shooting. Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) officers said they responded to an armed robbery...

Owners of local Mexican restaurant, 7 Mares, hosted a community fundraiser after being forced to close their restaurant doors in July.

Dinner feels more like an escape when the room gives you something new to notice in every direction. On Ionia Avenue in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Max’s South Seas Hideaway turns a regular night out into a full tiki experience with bold food, colorful drinks, immersive décor, and enough visual detail to make the setting p

Construction crews are busy making repairs to Michigan’s major roadways. More than 60 road projects and special events will begin between Sunday, Aug. 16, and Saturday, Aug. 22, resulting in various levels of closures, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. Those are in addition to dozens of ongoing lo

Breakaway heated up Grand Rapids’ Belknap Park on Friday with sets by more than a dozen electronic music artists on two stages. The recap and photo galleries at Local Spins. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTO GALLERIES, SATURDAY SCHEDULE. Amid sticky air and temperatures in the mid-80s as the first performers...