Grand Rapids News

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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