Grand Rapids Magazine

April marks National Financial Literacy Month, and the Michigan Department of Treasury is urging residents to explore MiMoneyMatters.org

Peter Glijnis is on a mission. Not to discover a new planet or to find a new species, but instead to find carriers of the minuscule PLN R14del gene mutation that effects only people of Dutch Friesland heritage.

With prom season just around the corner, the pressure to find the perfect dress — without blowing the budget — is already setting in for many West Michigan families.

The Lakeshore housing market is booming and the Lakeshore Home Builders Association is leading the charge with new initiatives and by growing its membership.

  In a quiet corner of West Michigan, where the Pere Marquette Highway cuts through apple orchards and towering wind turbines, Rex Pedersen is hard at work.

“There’s a fog upon L.A.,” George Harrison sang from his house on Blue Jay Way. I remember that street...

If you’re anything like me, winter comes with two competing impulses: burrow into a blanket fort or blaze out the driveway on a mission.

January in West Michigan has a way of clarifying priorities.

Megan considered herself healthy. She exercised most days, ate well, and took pride in taking care of herself.

It's only the beginning of winter and Mother Nature has already made her intentions clear.

Kate J. Meyer is a spiritual caregiver and grief counselor with a West Michigan hospice, as well as author of “Faith Doesn’t Erase Grief” and her newest book “Navigating the Waves of Grief.”