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Grand Rapids’ Boston Square neighborhood welcomes Universal Ruth Restaurant & Bakery, serving Caribbean classics and American favorites with extended late-night hours.

Did Shinedown and Creed doom the traveling roadshow?

Ice-T, Nikki Sixx and others had plenty to say about Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance.

Italian groove metal singer Dominik Paris is also now a bronze medal winning downhill skier after his 2026 Olympics run.

A new MDOT study is evaluating multiple routes, projected ridership, and different types of trains that could finally link Michigan’s two largest cities by rail.

If you grew up in the ’80s, these snapshots will feel like your own family album.

Grand Rapids is considering Vaughan, Ontario as a new sister city, a fast-growing Canadian community near Toronto and Lake Ontario, just five hours from West Michigan.

Here is who was behind the "ICE OUT" protest towel Tom Morello was seen holding during the Super Bowl.

The manager of late bassist Anthony Jackson has called out the Grammys for including him in the Ozzy 'In Memoriam' portion and not featuring him during a more proper representation of his music.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl was filmed chugging a beer at the LX Super Bowl, as shown in a clip shared by the NFL on social media.

West Michigan is finally warming up after weeks of extreme cold, with a late-week heat wave bringing above-freezing temperatures and possible 40-degree highs.

Kid Rock was moving and flipping his mic a bunch, but was he singing live at the All-American Halftime Show? The internet reacts.

Brendon Small reflects on 20 years of Metalocalypse and shares what to expect from Dethklok's touring this year.

How do people even think of stuff like this?!

The former Michigan State star rushed for 135 yards and became the first running back since 1997 to dominate the Super Bowl like this.

Songs by Aerosmith, Alice In Chains and Ozzy Osbourne played at the beginning of the Super Bowl LX during the Seahawks and Patriots player intros.

Green Day played right before the start of Super Bowl LX. Here's what fans are saying.

See what Green Day played during their headlining set at the NFL Super Bowl Kickoff performance.