Welcome to Grand Rapids, Michigan, a city known for its vibrant culture and family-friendly atmosphere. If you’re planning a family trip to this exciting destination, you’re in for a treat. Grand ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This summer, the city of Grand Rapids is offering several ways for you to enjoy water activities on the Grand River. Whether you’re part of a school field trip or you’re ...

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a two-part story on Grand Rapids. “You’ve got to go to Grand Rapids,” my travel writer friend Rayna told me. She’s from New York City and not easily impressed so my ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The city of Grand Rapids is offering free games and activities for local teens every weekend for the rest of the summer, in a new effort aimed at reducing youth summer violence ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Blandford Nature Center in Grand Rapids is set to kick off its 54th Annual Sugarbush Festival next month. Community members are invited to participate in activities centered ...

More than 6,000 runners, walkers and rollers warmed up for their marathon Thanksgiving meal with the 33rd annual Grand Rapids ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 1,000 Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS) students will participate in Canoemobile water experience activities next week. The City of Grand Rapids and GRPS have announced that the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new program in Grand Rapids, known as “It Takes a Village,” is aiming to reduce teen violence. The initiative offers programming for teens ages 12 through 17 on Friday ...

This river that flows through downtown Grand Rapids was "not a place that anybody wanted to go." Now, with six major projects proposed, it aims to be a destination.

Grand Rapids is undergoing a transformation. A new wave of massive development projects is being planned across the community, designed to spur new economic growth. Some of the projects along the ...