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Reed's Lake is just one of the many gems in the Grand Rapids area that makes living here so special. "Back in the day," it was really something special. People from all over would flock to the lake. Located in East Grand Rapids, we know Reed's Lake today as the home of Roses Restaurant, part of the Gilmore Collection, municipal buildings, a bustling East Grand Rapids downtown, the East G

Police in East Grand Rapids are warning parents and residents to be on the lookout for a suspicious man who's been seen in the area. FOX 17 says a man, who's been driving a red van, has been trying to lure children. A report came in on Wednesday afternoon, that two children were approached by a man who tried to convince them to get into his car...

We love West Michigan and all of the sights, sounds and smells it brings throughout the year. Well, at least most of the smells. What if you could take all of those smells home with you in a scented candle? Here's what it would smell like if you could.

Schools in Byron Center, East Grand Rapids, Grand Haven and Hudsonville are among a select group being honored as 2016 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Thirteen schools in Michigan earned the honor along with a total of 279 public and 50 private schools nationwide.

This past spring marked the first time that Michigan high school juniors had to take the SAT's. Prior to, it's always been the ACT's, But the results for the first SAT scores in Michigan have been released by the Department of Education...

Hope College has named Peter Stuursma its new head football coach. Stuursma, Hope College alumnus '93, was previously head football coach at East Grand Rapids High School where he won seven state championships in sixteen seasons.

Today, Michigan voters decided if the state sales tax would be increased from six percent to seven percent. Voters in Byron Township, Caledonia, East Grand Rapids, Forest Hills, Grand Haven, Hudsonville, Kentwood, West Ottawa and other communities also had issues on the ballot. Results are in.

Andy MacGregor, a junior who claimed two individual state titles and was on a state champion relay for East Grand Rapids High School boys' swimming team, has been named Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week.

Very rarely does a local restaurant close it's doors or get sold to a bigger company, then 20 years later resurface. Jose Babushka’s is the exception to the rule!

East Grand Rapids girls' swimming and diving's Emily Converse and Gabby Higgins, who each captured two MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 individual state titles in addition to being on two winning relays in leading the Pioneers to a repeat state championship in Oakland, are this week's Meijer-97.9 WGRD High School Athlete of the Week co-honorees.

Jeff "The Animal Guy" Musial visited East Grand Rapids on Sunday.

Sure. Now he's known as Jeff Musial The Animal Guy. He's been on NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and, before that, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." He's also been on NBC's "The Today Show," VH1's "The Big Morning Buzz," "The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet," "The Martha Stewart Sh