West Michigan is blessed with hundreds of miles of excellent trails. You'll find finely manicured asphalt trails, off-the-beaten-path gravel trails and other options.
Here's one of the best trails that doesn't get the attention it deserves.
13-year-old Winifred, a Maltese/shihtzu mix up for adoption in West Michigan, has everyone on the Internet suffering from a little bit of dog-fever...
What if the Grand Rapids Griffins existed in the '80s? What would their uniforms look like?
If you have an idea, you can enter this year's Griffs jersey design contest.
From photoshopping whales surfacing off the coast of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, to sharks being caught in Chicago, I've reached the end of my tolerance for the BS stories about the aquatic life found in Lake Michigan. Who believes this stuff?
But the latest one is actually so far out there, and written with just enough snark to be at least kind of funny.
In 2010 the US Mint started to issue quarter dollar coins that featured National Parks and other National Sites as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program...
The real estate market is still hot in West Michigan, and if you're into flipping houses (buying them low, renovating and selling for a profit), GR is in the top ten in the nation for doing just that.
More and more schools in Michigan are starting before Labor Day, despite the law that technically makes it illegal for schools to do so. Schools can apply for waivers to the law in order to start class in August, and this year a record number of schools applied...
Each year, the Michigan State Police release traffic crash statistics and we've compiled the 10 most dangerous intersections in West Michigan with the help of data from ClickOnDetroit...
This is a great story and a great reminder.
I came across a post by Bruce Steffke in the We Are Westsiders Facebook group about an act of compassion he witnessed to at the Meijer gas station on Kalamazoo Ave, just south of 28th Street...
We don't see them as often as we used to but it's always fun seeing a hot air balloon.
It's even more fun when you can see 14 hot air balloons and become of member of the hot air balloon crew!
July 31, 2017 "We should buy a bar."
Lots of us have uttered that statement before; It's even immortalized in an episode of "How I Met Your Mother".
Well, this could be your shot. A bar north of Grand Rapids off U.S. 131 is up for grabs online.
A winery in Petoskey has sent out an all points bulletin, looking for the owner of an otter someone left behind in their tasting room.
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