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The Eagles’ Energetic Encore Tops Nostalgic Grand Rapids Night
By Lorilee Craker and John Sinkevics | Local Spins
Musicians are storytellers, and The Eagles have spun plenty of yarns in their 42-year history. Could their sold-out Monday “History of The Eagles” show at Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena be their final chapter here as far as performing live? It sure felt that way.
The Beach Boys ‘Get Around’ at Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
On Thursday night, The Beach Boys "Do It Again" by keeping their vocals up front at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids.
Back-to-School 2014: Check Out #BTSWMI, #BTSWestMI Photos from Twitter, Instagram Right Here
Summer vacation and the three-day Labor Day weekend are over as students head back to school across Michigan today.
Use the hashtags #btswmi or #btswestmi on Twitter or Instagram with your back-to-school pictures from greater Grand Rapids and West Michigan. Let's show our pride pictorially about our students, children and kids.
U.S. Postal Service Issues Janis Joplin Commemorative Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service has added
The U.S. Postal Service has added legendary singer Janis Joplin to its Music Icons Forever Stamp series.
The Joplin stamp is the fifth in the U.S. Postal Service's Music Icons series, which also includes Lydia Mendoza, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and Jimi Hendrix.
#GRFamilyFireworks: Amway Family Fireworks Live, Via Twitter, Instagram, on 98.7 WFGR
The Amway Family Fireworks today at Ah-Nab-Awen Park in Grand Rapids is more than just fireworks celebrating the Independence Day holiday weekend.
It's music, entertainment, food, and fun, while embracing family, freedom and community.
Share the fun you're having and the festiveness and friendliness you're seeing by using Twitter or Instagram, and posting tweets and pics using the hashtag #GRFirew
Suzanne Somers’ Palm Springs Retreat for Sale at $14.5 Million
The world has known and loved Suzanne Somers for more than 40 years.
Her acting career includes her 1973 breakthrough cameo as the blonde beauty in the Thunderbird in the movie “American Grafitti;” her ditzy character, Chrissy Snow, on TV show “Three’s Company,” from 1977 through 1981; and as Carol Lambert on TV show “Step by Step” from 1991 through 1998.
In between, her life was a whirlwind with
Chrysler’s Launching ‘Born Makers’ for 2015 Chrysler 200 with Bob Dylan and Kevin Yon [Video]
Chrysler debuts its "Born Makers" marketing and advertising campaign today to mark the launch the all-new 2015 Chrysler 200.
The "Born Makers" commercials are narrated by Kevin Yon, a Rockford resident who is the voice behind the Chrysler brand's "Born of Fire" commercial that debuted during Super Bowl XLV, and features Detroit-born artist-singer MoZella performing th
Meet First Winners in 98.7 WFGR’s A Grand A Day in May
We've been giving away cash two times a day throughout the month of May on-air! We've compiled a list of our winners so far, but we're not done yet! There are still plenty of opportunities to win a grand on-air and $10,000 online for our VIP club members. Check out the full list of winners.
Woo-Hoo to GVSU’s Class of 2014!
It's graduation day on Saturday for Grand Valley State University's Class of 2014, with commencement at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
Two words (or is it one?): Woo-hoo!
Win Two Tickets to Davenport University’s 2014 Excellence in Business Dinner Gala from Classic Hits 98.7 WFGR
Win a pair of tickets to Davenport University's 2014 Excellence in Business Dinner Gala, which benefits Davenport University Foundation scholarships.
West Michigan’s Worst Pothole Contest’s Winner Is From Holland: Cody Overway
There are definitely some rim-rattling potholes to be found in greater Grand Rapids and across West Michigan.
It's not difficult to find those stinkin' tire-killers! Just go out and drive a little.
More than 140 entries from across Michigan were shared of what were believed the worst potholes around and entered for West Michigan's Worst Pothole Contest, sponsored by Schneider Tire Outlet, Inc., of
Tree Worker Survives Chainsaw to the Neck [Video]
This is one of the craziest x-rays we've ever seen.
While attempting to cut a tree branch at an awkward angle, this Pittsburgh area tree service worker's chainsaw kicked back and hit him in the neck. It narrowly missed a major artery and vertebrae.