In my life as a globetrotter, I have missed large swaths of my own country, including much of the upper Midwest. Grand Rapids ...

The seventh-annual World of Winter festival kicks off January 9 and runs through March 1, bringing 25 art installations, over ...

Across Michigan, more than one hundred sixty-five thousand direct care workers show up for others every day. Most of the time ...

In fact, admonitions to be kind reach back millennia. Being kind to others is certainly a corollary of Jesus’s “Golden Rule” to treat others as we want to be treated. And even the ancient Stoics ...

On Jan. 30 and Jan. 31, riders on the free DASH downtown shuttle in Grand Rapids can enjoy live performances from several artists and musicians during the second annual Rapid Art Movement.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The city of Grand Rapids has received a grant to help make the Monroe North neighborhood more walkable. The city was one of six communities throughout the state to receive ...

Scenes from the opening night of the World of Winter Festival on Saturday at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids.

World of Winter has transformed downtown Grand Rapids into a magical outdoor gallery and the impact is also being felt at ...

The 2026 event kicks off at 6 p.m. Jan. 10 with Fire & Ice, where fire performers and figure skaters light up Rosa Parks ...

Janai Battles pleaded no contest to attempted murder in a 2024 shooting. The case was featured on the Grand Rapids crime show, All Access PD.

Sunday: Cold with a little snow, with a high of 22 and low of 8 degrees.

Inside View: Ignore the haters pushing a revisionist history, and recognize the American experiment for the success that it is. Photo: Michael Brochstein/Zuma Press Grand Rapids, Mich. As the U.S.