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Michigan Diner Named the State’s Best Truck Stop Breakfast
Breakfast food is the best food. Those are just the facts. But as someone who makes a fair share of road trips throughout the year, there is something about truck stop breakfast. I can't explain it, but there is a certain delicacy of a gas station biscuit loaded up for...
Caledonia entrepreneur honors her Italian grandmother with new restaurant
The owner of a dance and music school in Caledonia is branching out with her first restaurant venture to pay homage to her Italian grandmother’s cooking and community gathering. Monique Rodriguez, owner and director of Caledonia Dance and Music Center, purchased the former Fricano’s Pizza in Caledonia with plans...
See the lineup for free movies and concerts in the park this summer in East Grand Rapids
EAST GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Families will be able to enjoy free concerts and movies in the park all summer long in East Grand Rapids, starting next month. The East Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department is back with its annual Concerts and Movies in the Park summer series, which kicks off Monday, June 10. The free events will be held at John Collins Park, overlooking Reeds Lake at 650 Lakeside Dr. SE, on select Monday and Friday evenings.
West Michigan entrepreneurs plan Wayland dispensary, capitalizing on casino expansion
Business partners that opened the first cannabis dispensary in Middleville are planning another store called The Gas Station, which is set to open in Wayland next month. Village of Middleville residents Jarred Biggs and Dennis Weiss are the main investors behind the The Gas Station dispensary, located at 1124 W. Superior St. in Wayland, less than a half-mile east of the U.S. 131 interchange. Other partners on the project include Grand Rapids-based entrepreneurs Jonathan Jelks and Willie Jackson.
1-mile walk through Grand Rapids Lantern Festival is sure to bring goosebumps
Ever wonder what it would be like to breathe underwater? Or experience the wonder of bioluminescence up close and personal? Or get completely lost (at least figuratively) in otherworldly Asian-inspired tunnels of giant light-up plants, animals and everything else you can imagine? ...
New nostalgic soda and candy shop opening near Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - A new Rocket Fizz location is opening in the West Michigan area. The nostalgic soda and candy shop will host a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, May 17, at Tanger Outlets Grand Rapids, 350 84th St. SW in Byron Center. If you purchase a product...
The Franciscan Life Process Center offers a variety of summer experiences
The Franciscan Life Process Center’s summer experiences offer an array of half day camps at both the Lowell and GR campuses for adults and kids. Hands on Farm, music and art experiences offer quite the range on a beautiful setting. Center Director Sandy Koteskey shares the details. Shelley Irwin...
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