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If driving the Mackinac Bridge makes you nervous, you’re not alone. There’s actually a program where someone will drive your car across for you.

A young pup named Fendi is waiting for someone ready to invest time, patience, and love into her growing years ahead.

Grand Rapids has a lot of bars to choose from to watch Detroit Lions games. Which bars are the best for Lions games? Find out which spots locals say are the best.

Patel’s Cigar Lounge & Spirits is officially open at 700 Bridge St. NW, bringing fine cocktails, a spacious outdoor patio, and a unique bank vault walk-in humidor to a former Fifth Third Bank on Grand Rapid West Side.

A tagged retaining wall near Bridgewater Place downtown Grand Rapids is now "Sewing Seeds of Love", powerful new ArtPrize mural funded by a DGRI Activate Grant and created by local artist Shannon Mack along the Grand River.

A Michigan woman received an unusual sentence after leaving the scene of a deadly crash. She’ll spend the next 100 weekends in jail.

Abandoned Acres Farm is taking a year off from spooking us — but it's for a very good reason.

Before 1978, Michigan’s roads were littered with bottles and cans. Since the Beverage Container Act took effect, litter has improved dramatically. Now, one organization is pushing to end Michigan’s bottle return system.

300 seats sold out in 2 hours for Muskegon's $10 fall color flights. Could more scenic flights over Lake Michigan be coming soon?

El Niño is shaping up to be the big player in Michigan's winter forecast this year, pushing things toward the drier side.

Yellow leaves are already showing up around Grand Rapids. Here's when the oranges and reds join the party.

A 70-year-old Michigan man is recovering after spending 11 days lost in the wilderness of Isle Royale National Park, surviving on limited food and treated water before two kayakers spotted him.

Southwest Michigan's fall colors deserve the spotlight just as much as up north, and Niles is proving it with stunning aerial views.

When people attempt to take home some of Bete Grise's "Singing Sands", the magic mysteriously goes away. Details are here...

See all the new releases coming each week of 2026.

New rules could be coming for teenagers zipping around on electric bikes. A state license might soon be required.

A former nurse at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is accused of fracturing the legs of a 4-month-old baby girl, just days before she was expected to be discharged.

Storm damage has taken a serious toll on the Tunnel of Trees, but parts of it will still be open for a fall drive.