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As the most spooktacular time of year winds down, Tinkles the Clown and his band of misfits at The Haunt are presenting two special events for your entertainment (and theirs).

They came. They saw. They ate. And it was sweetness they found to sate their sweet appetites and put on their plates -- and cupcake tins, cake boxes and Tupperware containers -- for the third annual Dessert Wars, presented by Channel 95.7 and Hobart Corp. at the Amway Grand Plaza hotel's Ambassador Ballroom in downtown Grand Rapids on Thursday night .

The Grand Rapids Griffins are hosting their fourth annual Purple Community Game to benefit Van Andel Institute on Friday evening.

By Bob Brenzing and Christa E Graban | WZZM-13 Wyoming police have released more details about last week's triple homicide. Brooke Slocum, 18, and Charles Oppenneer, 25, were killed last week. Slocum's soon-to-be born baby also died. Brady Oestrike, the suspect in the murders, took his own life on Thursday (July 17) after a chase with police.

Celebration on the Grand's shift to summer came with a almost fall-like weather on Friday afternoon. However, it wasn't autumn. It was the Fourth of July -- Independence Day, with summer in full bloom on a holiday weekend. The City of Grand Rapids' effort for sustainable special events debuted with excellent weather at Ah-Nab-Awen Park for the 35th annual Celebration on the Grand, which made the

The National Weather Service's Grand Rapids office reports: Potential for torrential downpours and isolated severe storms this afternoon and evening."