Grand Rapids MI

The culinary landscape of Grand Rapids is ripe with acclaim, as local restaurant Grove receives a coveted nomination, placing it among the nation's finest. According to WZZM13, Grove, part of the Essence Restaurant Group and situated on Cherry Street in the East Hills district, has earned a nomination from Newsweek...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Gas prices in Grand Rapids have surged more than 11 cents per gallon over the past week, creating a stark contrast with falling fuel costs across much of the nation. According to GasBuddy's latest survey of 246 local stations, Grand Rapids drivers are now paying...

MICHIGAN, USA — Our severe weather risk has increased Monday afternoon. The Storm Prediction Center has placed some of West Michigan including Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Ionia in a slight risk, level 2/5, for severe storms. Because of this, we have issued a 13 Weather Impact Alert for this...

Kelloggsville — If you had asked Gideon Bosco a year ago whether he’d be graduating with the class of 2025, he would have admitted that he had his doubts. But with his mother as his inspiration and the support of many Kelloggsville staff members, Gideon walked down the commencement ceremony aisle in May.

Grand Rapids food processor Tolman’s Meats is expanding for the second time in two years, upgrading its co-manufacturing capabilities and rolling out its own brand of meat products by year’s end. Tolman’s Meats purchased a nearly 41,600-square-foot building at 1020 Hall St. SW two years ago, which it...

Few vibes were better than going to the Meijer at 2 am, sometimes for no other reason than just to go. Getting a 20-oz frozen Slurpee when the store was a ghost town made it taste that much better. So much so that when I would have friends visit from out of state, I would force them to go to Meijer at night like it...

“We know that we have over 40,000 households here in Kent County that are dealing with food insecurity and are receiving some degree of SNAP benefits – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.”. Wende Randall is Executive Director of Kent County Essential Needs Task Force, one of six food assistance...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — As protests in Los Angeles continue, activists in West Michigan are prepared to continue their planned protest this weekend. West MI Indivisible Co-Chair Jennie Frazier said she wasn’t surprised to see what was happening in California. "It was shocking to see, because it's our...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — What started as a call for help from someone experiencing an overdose ended with a 26-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound this weekend. On Saturday evening at the Pleasant Motel on 28th Street, someone called 911 to report an overdose victim. But when Grand...

The 18-year-old man from Byron Township had been swimming at Campbell Lake on Sunday when he went underwater and did not resurface, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Office.