Grand Rapids MI

West Michigan offers family-friendly New Year's Eve events including early celebrations, ball drops, and fireworks across multiple cities.

This week's featured adoptable pets from the Kent County Animal Shelter are a shy, playful dog and a snow-loving young beagle.

OTTAWA COUNTY — A young boy stood with a sheriff’s deputy inside a local Meijer store with a $100 gift card to spend. He told Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jacob MacKeller that he would like to get his four siblings and his parents gifts with the money, and if there was anything left, then he would buy himself...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The owner of a commercial building at the corner of South Division Avenue and Cherry Street in downtown Grand Rapids plans to convert the space into a vendor market for artists and second-hand retailers. Bradley Veneklase, the owner of Urban Soil Realty, said he hopes...

Grand Rapids has grown into a city where outdoor dining means more than just grabbing a table on the sidewalk, turning fresh air into a real part of the meal instead of an afterthought. I have clocked an impressive number of patio meals in the name of research, moving through...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Thousands across Michigan are without power Friday, Dec. 26, as freezing rain has taken down trees and power lines. Many of the outages are occurring north of Grand Rapids, according to Consumers Energy’s Outage Map. The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids reported around...

While most Byron Center neighbors enjoyed Christmas Day with family and friends, firefighter Izzy England spent the holiday ready to respond to emergencies in the community she grew up in.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Corewell Health's Helen DeVos Children's Hospital has released some photos taken of infants wearing what it describes as "ugly Christmas sweaters." The NICU at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital says in a news release that it is a Level 4 NICU, and provides the highest level of care for the...

It’s been a year of dramatic shifts in Grand Rapids’ restaurant scene, as new spots opened with fresh ideas, more than a dozen closed permanently and others anticipate a 2026 opening. Of the 20 businesses in Grand Rapids’ downtown, spanning from Bridge Street’s Stockbridge area to Heartside on...

A trip to the mall to see Santa recently turned sour for one Michigan family.