West Michigan’s Favorite

A local volunteer group needs your help sending a taste of home to our troops this season. Grand Rapids Cookies with a Cause is hosting its third annual Cookie Drive for Troops on December 11.

Sure, Holland is known for its tulips. 5 million tulips! But when the weather turns cold and the colors fade, there are plenty of reasons to visit Holland.

As I was eating my chicken chimichanga from El Burrito Loco on Beltline, I realized this restaurant has become my "go-to" restaurant. I order the same thing every time and it never disappoints. Where do your favorite local radio personalities call their "go-to" restaurants? Let's find out...

You're in the kitchen and dinner is ready. You call the kids and they come sliding down the fireman's brass pole. That could become a reality if you live in this historic fire station that's for sale in Holland.

When the weather turns cold, there is nothing better than a spoon full of chili to warm you up. A hearty bite of chili is great comfort food and whether you like it spicy, zingy or tangy, you'll find just the right flavor at one of these restaurants.

The website Zippia.com looked to see what people were searching to determine what side dishes people searched the most for their Thanksgiving dinner.

Everybody keeps saying that you should shop early this year for Christmas. Let's take a look at some gift ideas that are available right here in the mitten state. Here are 5 gift ideas that say "West Michigan"...

Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 25. If you love the food but not the cooking, consider going to a Thanksgiving buffet. You'll get all of the delicious food without the prep, cooking and clean-up. Here are some West Michigan Thanksgiving Buffets:

From Flying Monkeys to Oompa Loompas to the stinging reality of MacCauley Culkin and bee allergies, you guys got messed up early in life.

We get into the ghoulish spirit of things by surveying which state prefers which cinema psycho for the past year. So which horror movie villain is the most scary to Michiganders?

Peak fall foliage in Michigan can range from mid-September through the end of October. The temps have been unseasonably warm so the leaves (which are still there) are just now turning. It's time to jump in the car and see some stuff!

What do the people in our state fear the most? Hint: not only do you see it a lot, most of the time it comes FROM you.