Grand Rapids MI

"We have that operations plan in place. It's a lot of work for us. A lot of officers will be called in on their day off."

WYOMING, Mich. — A few dozen bicyclists put the brakes on their weekly bike ride on Wednesday night to stop at Pinery Park for a spirited game of kickball. The annual event has become a summer tradition for the people who enjoy what's simply known as the "Wednesday Night Ride."

A union representing 179 union employees at the Country Fresh LLC dairy plant in Grand Rapids are suing the company for failing to pay sick leave. In the lawsuit filed June 27 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, the United Dairy, Bakery and Food Workers Local 386 alleges that Country...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kent County Veterans Services is reminding people to be aware of the impact fireworks can have on local veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Jeremy Binder, a combat-injured veteran and the accredited Veterans Service Officer at Kent County Veterans Services, knows...

Our Family and Spartan – two brands so prevalent in the Michigan grocery scene that it’s almost impossible not to purchase at least one of their products during a visit to any local grocery store. SpartanNash is the Kent County-based owner of these brands. Originally founded as a...

Richmond Park Pool’s scheduled “Wag ‘n’ Wade” event this summer was canceled on Thursday, the city of Grand Rapids says.

A driver speeding away from the scene of a fight caused a crash that shut down the lake shore's biggest highway for hours on Thursday.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy announced Tuesday that the property at 4724 West River Drive in Comstock Park was declared a PFAS contamination site. The property at the corner of West River Drive and West River Center was last used as Eastbrook Auto Wash, which is...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – A driver who was leaving the scene of a fight early Thursday, July 3, was seriously injured when his car collided with a semi-tractor trailer on U.S. 31, sheriff’s deputies said. The driver, a 24-year-old Holland man, was flown by Aero Med helicopter to...

This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on August 27, 2024. Did you know that Grand Rapids had been the first city in the world to have commercial electric lighting service? I had no idea of this amazing, local history!. My husband,...