Grand Rapids MI

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has announced the lineup for its 2025 Ayers Basement Systems Tuesday Evening Music Club. The annual event series takes place on select Tuesday evenings in June, July and August, with the next show set for July 1. Guests can expect...

ROCKFORD, MI -- In downtown Rockford, Heather Baehre mixes cheese dip and hands out samples of parmesan behind a stainless steel countertop. A few doors down, Rian Morgan stands beneath a canopy of felt pennants as he greets customers entering his menswear store. If you purchase a product or register...

The Kentwood Police Department is currently investigating an injury crash involving a recent vehicle into a building. Around 3:42 a.m. on June 29 officers responded to 4809 Eastern Ave. for reports of a vehicle crashed into a building following a physical altercation. Officers arrived on scene and located multiple...

United Methodist Community House, or UMCH, was founded in 1902 in Grand Rapids. Focused on serving children, families, and older adults, they offer a variety of community programs across all age groups. UMCH is opening an older adult community center on July 14, a first for the City of Grand Rapids.

MICHIGAN, USA — Believe it or not, July begins tomorrow!. July is typically West Michigan's warmest month of the year. Summer heat peaks in July climatologically before the slow fall toward winter ensues. West Michigan has an average high temperature of 83 degrees for the entire month, which indicates...

You might say that the tricky section of freeway known as the S-Curve in Grand Rapids would take a super power to drive without white-knuckling the steering wheel. Or perhaps driving the S-Curve in your personal Kryptonite. The S-Curve is the tricky section of US-131 in downtown Grand Rapids that...

Jurors deadlocked in the first trial for the man who killed his wife a day after she served him divorce papers.

WEST MICHIGAN — As temperatures peak over 90 degrees, shade and Lake Michigan water becomes a prized commodity. You’ll often hear people refer to the “dog days of summer" in these conditions, but where does this phrase come from—and what does it actually mean?. First, know...

The university plans to have one last “normal” year, maintaining on-campus residences, athletics and other community events through the 2025-2026 academic year.

Programming will resume at the Gerald R. Ford Job Corps center in Grand Rapids, according to a state lawmaker, after a federal judge last week declared the U.S. Department of Labor's efforts to wind down the program were illegal.