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City ditches Lime bikes and scooters. Don’t celebrate yet.
Grand Rapids is trading one fleet of two-wheeled urban chaos for another — but city officials say the new rides will be safer, cheaper and easier to park.
A taco shop takeover
There are few places in Grand Rapids where a group of people can walk in hungry and completely disagree about what they want to eat — and somehow everybody still wins.
Four, Three, Two, One—Blastoff!
Ever since the U.S. put men on the moon, outer space has captured the imaginations of generations of children, inspiring make-believe missions, moon bases and spacecraft bound for distant worlds.
Traverse City: They wish we were there
Wish you were here. That’s what the postcard reads as you check in to The Grand Beach in Traverse City, Michigan.
Bridging Ada’s past and present
Covered Bridge Park officially opened Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, giving Ada a new public space along the Thornapple River with plenty to do — and, perhaps more importantly, plenty of reasons to stick around.
It’s a wrap!
The meal that was once largely associated with octogenarians and bottomless coffee has gotten a pretty serious makeover in recent years.
There’s no place like Spark!Lab
There’s no place like Holland — especially if you’re a Wizard of Oz fan.
DASH it all, GR seeks input on future of transit
If you’ve ever made a mad dash to catch the bus, Grand Rapids wants to know what you think about where that ride — and other transit investments — should go next.
Robinette’s corn maze gets dolled up
For Grand Rapids-area kids and families, the arrival of fall has long meant a trip to Robinette’s: apples, cider, wagon rides, baked goods and, of course, getting a little lost in the corn maze.
Four things to do in West Michigan this weekend
From a stylish night out in Grand Rapids to Lindsey Stirling’s high-energy live show, a community celebration in Wyoming and three days of aviation action in Muskegon, there’s plenty happening across West Michigan this weekend.
Drop off the kids, catch the bus
For years, Central Station has been a place where Grand Rapidians catch a bus, transfer routes and head to work, school or wherever else the day takes them.
Ravenna teens among winners of youth film competition
Two Ravenna teens are among the 10 winners of the second annual Nourishing Narratives: Cultivating Youth Stories for Change, a national mobile film competition focused on food justice.
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