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Amphitheater, soccer stadium boosters tout $1.2B economic impact. Will it happen?
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — As the campaign heats up to raise Kent County’s hotel tax to fund entertainment, sports and tourism projects such as an 8,500-seat soccer stadium, supporters have been touting the economic boost the venues would bring to the region. How big would the boost be?
Grand Rapids Public Schools has parted ways with Director of Communications Leon Hendrix
After two years on the job, Grand Rapids Public Schools and their communications director have decided to part ways. Leon Hendrix joined GRPS in 2022, and he and the district just struck a tentative deal to part ways. “GRPS would like to thank Mr. Hendrix for his services to our...
Gov’s Mule’s Warren Haynes gets symphonic but rocks the house anyway in GR performance
The Gov’t Mule frontman brought his “Dreams & Songs Symphonic Experience” tour to Meijer Gardens on Monday, reinterpreting classics from Allman Brothers, The Dead & more. The fan review and photos. EDITOR’S NOTE: Greg Liceraga, a Warren Haynes fan who’s also a member of the Grand Rapids...
Grand Rapids outpatient infusion practice sells to private equity-backed firm
Grand Rapids Township-based Infusion Associates PLLC has been sold again, this time to a private equity-backed infusion service provider in Colorado. Vivo Infusion said earlier this month that it acquired Infusion Associates, which Dr. Khan Nedd formed in 2001 in Grand Rapids. The outpatient infusion practice now has 14 offices in the Midwest including 10 in Michigan, two in Minnesota, and one each in Ohio and Wisconsin.
Benton Harbor man sentenced to 15 years for kidnapping store manager, stealing over 100 handguns
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of the men who stole over 100 handguns from a Dunham's Sports store after kidnapping the manager was sentenced Monday. Dontrell Nance, 25, of Benton Harbor, will spend 15 years in prison for kidnapping and brandishing a firearm. He pleaded guilty to the charges in April.
Grand Rapids laser tag, bowling spot sets opening date, hiring 160 workers
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A new spot for laser tag, bowling and more is set to open at Woodland Mall on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Main Event Entertainment, a Texas-based company, announced the addition to the Grand Rapids mall last August. The company is owned and operated by Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.
'New kid on the block': Trump supporters express hesitant approval of Vance
(The Center Square) – Trump supporters in Michigan expressed varied but mostly positive opinions about his vice-presidential pick from Ohio, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, during street interviews with The Center Square. At the Saturday Trump rally in Grand Rapids, the first featuring Vance, many people interviewed knew little about him, but those who did expressed positive opinions. Katie from Grand Rapids, who works in finance and declined to give her...
Michigan teen missing for nearly 2 months found living with 44-year-old man and engaged to him, investigators say
(CBS DETROIT) - A 17-year-old Michigan girl who went missing on May 31 has been found nearly two months later living with a 44-year-old man and engaged to him.According to the Kent County Sheriff's Office, Penelope "Penny" Wise was found safe on Sunday after a community member spotted her. Investigators learned that the teen had been living with a Rockford man, whom they described as a "stranger," since June 1, and the two were engaged.Police said she met the man at about 2 a.m. on June 1.Investigators believed the teen voluntarily left her family home, Morley Park, in Clear Springs,...
Marijuana shops closing across the state, experts say market catching up
LOWELL, Mich. — Six years after the legalization of marijuana in Michigan, cannabis dispensaries are closing across the state. Experts say it's because the market is finally catching up. The city of Lowell was one of the first cities to allow the licensure of dispensaries in Michigan, at one...
Michigan One Of Nation’s Best For Middle Class Home Buyers
The home buying scene has not been great to those that have become adults in the last 15 years as the market continues to rise with no imminent crash in sight. For some young adults owning their own home is something they feel could never happen while others are clinging on to their houses because it's too expensive to move in the current housing climate.
New Michigan law makes it easier for inmates with poor health to be released
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a law Tuesday that would make it easier for people to be released from Michigan prisons if they're in debilitating health and considered to be a minimal risk to the public.The new law replaces a 2019 law that was seen as vague and hard to apply. Only one person had been released, according to FAMM, an advocacy group that works for changes in criminal justice systems across the country. The Michigan parole board will have authority to release someone to a medical facility, hospice or a home, especially if they have a life expectancy of less...
Gov. Whitmer talks at MSU with former Gov. Blanchard about her book, 'True Gretch'
EAST LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was on Michigan State University's campus Tuesday evening, promoting her book "True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between." The event was sponsored by former governor and fellow Democrat Jim Blanchard's Public Service Forum and held at the Kellogg Center. Hundreds of people came to hear Whitmer speak, as well as receive a signed copy of her book. ...
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