Issues

Baxter Community Center is looking for donations and sponsors to support its holiday basket drive and general services.

$10 million injected into early childhood programming.

Dégagé Ministries, 139 Sheldon Ave. SE, provides the only emergency shelter for women in the area.

Can the police department’s new strategic plan really transform policing in a meaningful way?

A local women-owned nonprofit that rescues cats now has a physical location to help meet more needs.

In late December of 2023, an altercation outside J Burger N Wings, 2023 Eastern Ave. SE in the Seymour Square area ended in shots being fired at a woman and her son.

Dean Cain’s latest project was filmed in Grand Rapids.

For 39 years, John Pesano has performed as part of the Schubert Male Chorus.

The Internal Revenue Service and the region’s U.S. attorney are warning residents not to share any personal account information so they don’t fall prey to scammers who may want to steal their stimulus checks.

Safety is a key concern for Grand Rapids residents who are interested in trading in their car – at least some of the time – for a bicycle.

January and February 2020 appeared to set a great trajectory for tourism growth in West Michigan.

A nonprofit is inviting the public to walk at the John Ball Zoo for Lupus awareness.

Social distancing has become the new normal, but not all are following the guidelines.

An upcoming arena closure will displace Grand Rapids’ local basketball team. 

Group works to elevate the history of Black residents and clear path for future prosperity.

John Ball Zoo, ever on the forefront of species maintenance and preservation, is making strides to protect the population of eastern box turtles.

A veterans-focused nonprofit is nearing its financial goal to open a downtown Grand Rapids coffee shop in 2022.

Is the Grand Rapids housing market the hottest it has ever been?

Arbor Circle will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day this year by hosting a free, virtual event honoring the civil rights leader.

Tiffany Townsend’s midwifery practice provides an alternative to the hospital environment.