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Grand Rapids, Michigan is located in Kent County. Zip codes in Grand Rapids, MI include 49555, 49546, and 49503. The median home price in Grand Rapids is $259,000 which is roughly $59/per square foot. More Grand Rapids information.

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3 hrs ago | MLive.com

Floyd Mayweather-Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez press tour time, venue for Grand Rapids set

Floyd Mayweather will bring the press tour for his Sept. 14 fight against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez to Grand Rapids' Houseman Field on July 26. The Floyd Mayweather -Saul "Canelo" Alvarez press tour stop in Grand Rapids has been set for noon June 26 at Houseman Field.

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7 hrs ago | WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Kent Manufacturing expands

After outgrowing their existing location on Oak Industrial Dr NE, Kent purchased a 40,000 sq.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Made in Michigan: Baking up gourmet cakes

This week on Made in Michigan we head over to MiraBella Confections where you'll find some gourmet cakes.

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MLive.com

Baker Lofts: Old furniture warehouse reborn as apartments on edge of expanding downtown

Standing on a newly-constructed parking ramp next to what used to be a vacant, hulking furniture warehouse, banker Jack Bernhard recalled his initial unease with the new Baker Lofts redevelopment project.

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Philly.com

When car rental reservations aren't honored

So here I was, just off a plane in Kalamazoo, suitcase in tow and no car. I wasn't the only one stranded and - I later learned from my cab driver - it happens somewhat regularly.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids chooses Land Bank over private investors

The city will buy 163 tax-foreclosed properties and transfer them to the Kent County Land Bank rather than let the parcels go up for auction.

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MLive.com

Fire at Muskegon Heights rental home deemed arson

Muskegon Heights Fire Chief Christopher Dean said the fire at the house on East Delano Street reported around 12:40 a.m. that Wednesday was intentionally set.

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WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Diocese of Grand Rapids to install new bishop

Inside the Cathedral of Saint Andrew Tuesday, a visitor could hear the pipe organ being tuned.

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WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Missing GR woman found safe

Latoria Wiley, 33, was found safe Monday afternoon by Grand Rapids Police. Authorities say she was missing on her own accord.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

102.5 The Bear

New Video: Pop Evil

Melodic post-grunge outfit Pop Evil formed in Grand Rapids, MI, in November 2001 with a sound that took cues from the likes of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, aptly putting the quartet right in line with popular modern rock acts such as Crossfade, Shinedown, and Puddle of Mudd.

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Lite 98.7

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner Makes Calder Cup Wager with Grand Rapids

The Syracuse Crunch is battling in a back-and-forth series with the Grand Rapids Griffins for the Calder Cup, the championship of the AHL.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids pastor indicted in $150,000 loan scam involving church redevelopment

A West Michigan church pastor who redeveloped a former city public school into a church is accused in federal court of creating false documents to defraud banks in Wisconsin and Michigan.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids schools $191 million budget for 2013-14, includes teacher cuts and raises

The Grand Rapids school board Monday, June 17, approved a general fund budget of $191 million for 2013-14 school that includes teacher raises and cuts due to restructuring, end of grants, special education changes, and a projected loss of 700 students.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids schools $191 million budget for 2013-14, includes teacher cuts and raises

The Grand Rapids school board Monday, June 17, approved a general fund budget of $191 million for 2013-14 school that includes teacher raises and cuts due to restructuring, end of grants, special education changes, and a projected loss of 700 students.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids mom of crack-ingesting baby pleads guilty to child abuse

Stacy Gatlin, the 21-year-old mother whose baby ingested crack cocaine at her apartment, has pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree child abuse and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

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MLive.com

Jahleel Hoskins to stand trial for Grand Rapids' missing mom's murder

Kent County Assistant Prosecutor Kellee Koncki questions Sukhwindr Singh, former employer of Jahleel Hoskins, during the prelim for Hoskins in the murder of Latrice Maze on Monday, June 17 at the Kent County Courthouse.

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MLive.com

Several Grand Rapids area 7-Eleven stores facing closure

The potential closure or debranding of the 24-hour convenience stores is part of a agreement between 7-Eleven Inc. and Garb-Ko Inc., which has overseen the operation of several West Michigan 7-Eleven locations for decades.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids teen, 16, still missing, mother says people know her whereabouts

Zoe Stehouwer is the type of person who will do anything for anyone, said her mother, Jill, and it's exactly the spirit wanted back with the family.

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MLive.com

Grand Rapids Public Museum could get $1.2 million of city money in advance of millage request

The city might give $1.2 million over the next three years to the Grand Rapids Public Museum, which is trying to shift to a new business plan that could include a millage request.

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MLive.com

At $35 per hour, Spanish transmission of Grand Rapids City Commission meetings to start in July

Live transmission of City Commission meetings in Spanish is scheduled to start in July.

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