Grand Rapids Magazine

One of the most significant museum ship preservation projects ever undertaken on the Great Lakes began July 13 of this year when World War II submarine USS Silversides departed Muskegon for a carefully planned tow across Lake Michigan

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.

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.

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.

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.

You know all that organic material left over after a day in the kitchen — carrot peels, apple cores, broccoli stems, coffee grounds...

West Michigan was already becoming a manufacturing powerhouse when Louis Fuller started making bowls in North Muskegon in 1906.

The City of Grand Rapids will host its fifth annual Clean Slate GR: Expungement Fair on Aug. 22, at the MLK Community Center.

For 115 years, Wealthy Theatre has been a place where Grand Rapids residents have gathered to be entertained, inspired, informed and, perhaps most importantly, connected.

One night about a year or so ago at Dr. Grins Comedy Club, the crowd barely had time to catch its breath between punchlines.

The press called him the “Michigan Assassin.” Grand Rapids’ Stanley Ketchel fought with a fury displayed by few pugilists before or since.