Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – “Not guilty.”. Two simple words in the criminal justice system can carry different emotions, depending on who you ask. For someone charged with a crime, it’s a judgment that can measure a sense of innocence. For prosecutors, it typically means defeat, case closed.

Izzy Reign just took the top spot at Heavyweights and is already making waves with a powerful voice and big stage presence. Grand Rapids may have its next breakout artist.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donna Hooker says she’s heartbroken about the news she’s been hearing about her stepson, Brian Hooker. He’s being held in the Bahamas in connection to the disappearance of his wife, Lynette Hooker after falling out of a dinghy last weekend. “I can't...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The smell of fresh baked bread, raw pastry dough, and hot coffee permeate every inch of Hall Street Bakery as the operation runs nearly around the clock. The artisan bakery cafe, 1200 Hall St. SE in Grand Rapids, serves as more than the sister shop to Wealthy Street Bakery in Eastown. The entire pastry team works in the space 23 hours...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The so-called ringleader of a nationwide burglary ring that targeted homes across the country, including one in West Michigan, has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison, as investigators reveal how a single break-in in Kent County helped unravel the entire operation. Federal...

Woodland Mall sits in Kentwood, Michigan, within the Greater Grand Rapids area of Kent County. It's an enclosed super-regional shopping center located where 28th Street SE meets East Beltline Avenue, two heavily traveled roads with a combined daily traffic count of about 85,000 vehicles. The mall draws shoppers from a...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Aesthetically, the bricks along Wealthy Street in the Eastown neighborhood could be considered charming. But, practically, they can make for a bit of a bumpy ride for drivers. That’s why the city is planning a complete reconstruction of the road, relaying the brick and making...

The Grand Rapids Lantern Festival returns for its fourth year to John Ball Zoo, with three new glowing realms to explore.

On April 18, visitors to Black Dog Books & Records can attend the shop's combined two-year anniversary party and Record Store Day event.

KENT COUNTY, Michigan — Bills. Cards. Junk mail. Most of it comes and goes. But there is one delivery that has been finding 97-year-old Jackie McCarty every single month for longer than most people have been alive. And it takes a little time to digest. "My Reader's Digest," Jackie...