A law in the works since 2004, and revised in 2010, is designed to let people with disabilities enjoy the same activities that everyone else does. However, the law, only just implemented this year, is adding strain on already stretched budgets. "We def... »
Whether it's because of the economy, our job, or our relationships, stress is causing a lot of problems for Americans, and if we don't do something about it, we might suffer serious consequences. "Think of your car, if it idles high and the engine race... »
Stress, it's something we all know, we all experience, and probably on a daily basis. It doesn't have to be anything out of the ordinary to cause stress. It can just be our daily routine."We are over scheduled, undernourished. Sedentary. We are in high... »
ACLU Attorney Miriam Aukerman said she feels pretty good about comments made by a U.S. District Court judge after a federal hearing Thursday about the constitutionality of the state's panhandling ban."The judge had obviously thought about the issues," ... »
Panhandling is illegal in Michigan, but a federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in a suit from the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the ban.The suit was filed in September 2011 against the City of Grand Rapids and the state attorney gene... »
A donation of $765,000 to the City of Grand Rapids will help provide poor, urban youngsters with high-quality programs, according to the organization Our Community’s Children.The presentation will be made in city hall by The Wallace Foundation at 1 p.m... »
A consultant, assigned to study the city-owned and operated Indian Trails Golf Course in Grand Rapids, told the commission that the property is losing money and suggested a half-million dollar investment to make it profitable. James Keegan from Golf Co... »
Kent County Habitat for Humanity’s 300th home has special meaning. The recipient is a veteran who has been left disabled and unable to provide a home for his family, up until now.Ron Leeball, originally from Grant, joined the military at the age of 17.... »
Much of West Michigan has been spared the winter weather so far this season. But with a snowy blast headed in overnight Thursday, city officials and maintenance workers are reminding people of the parking rules for neighborhood streets.In many Grand R... »
The City of Grand Rapids has reached an agreement for a four-year contract with its firefighters.Members of the International Association of Firefighters Local 366 approved the contract, which requires firefighters to pay more for their health care and... »
A man walking along railroad tracks was killed when a train hit him Monday morning.The man was on the CSX tracks around 7:15 a.m. just north of 28th Street and west of Breton Road. The tracks run between the Indian Trails Golf Course and a residential ... »
Grand Rapids police are trying to figure out who fired several shots into a home in Alger Heights early Tuesday morning, and why.The home in the 800 block of Joslin Street SE had bullet holes in the door, a window shot out and another window with a bul... »
The City of Grand Rapids has issued a "No Body Contact Health Advisory" for a portion of Plaster Creek in and around Grand Rapids. At 11:05 a.m. Saturday, the City of Grand Rapids experienced a failure of a gravity sanitary sewer line along Plaster Cre... »
Over the past few weeks, the City of Grand Rapids has experienced a rash of sewer grate thefts, according to a news release from the city Thursday.The heavy iron grates stolen have been catch basin grates, the kind that are set into a curb and cover th... »
Residents who get their water and sewer services from the City of Grand Rapids may be paying more next year. City commissioners took their first look at the system's annual fee review this morning. Under the new fee proposal, customers will pay about $... »
