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Food chain serves up quick-built eateries

When people hear “modular,” the next word that often springs to mind is “homes” — not “restaurants.” A fast-food chain aims to change that...

Medical fundraising becomes care component

Grand Rapids resident Hedda Martin recently was in the national spotlight after receiving a letter suggesting she raise $10,000 to be considered for a...

Cookie business offers recipe for success

Blown through the doors of Dégagé Ministries by 50 mph winds and snow last winter, Susan Schnur was “frozen stiff” and needed a place...

DHE puts its mark on GR

Some of the more iconic buildings in downtown Grand Rapids owe their guts to Hudsonville-based DHE Plumbing and Mechanical. And the small, family-owned outfit located...

Comcast aims to hire more female service technicians

Comcast is seeking to bring more women on board as service technicians. Though the profession is still a male-dominated field, the company believes women...

Inside Track: ‘Ready to fly,’ Maxson takes off

Jennifer Maxson felt an early fascination with how humans send and receive messages, and it’s never quite left her. While studying public relations at Grand...

Cities snuff out future marijuana facilities

Although it soon will be legal for Michigan residents to use marijuana recreationally, some cities in the state are prohibiting businesses from selling it. Kentwood...

Graphic artists take issue with city’s design competition

The city of Grand Rapids recently opened public voting for a public parks signage design competition in order to engage the community, but the...

Brewery startup lands new name

Michigan’s first African-American-owned brewery concept has a new name. Terry Rostic, entrepreneur and co-founder of the brewery formerly known as Kings Brewing Company, unveiled the...

Grand Rapids weighs brownfield amendment

The city of Grand Rapids is mulling over a proposed brownfield amendment, allowing for the development of affordable housing on 16 tax-foreclosed properties in...

GVMC to identify funding needs

(As seen on WZZM 13 TV) The Grand Valley Metro Council has begun the planning process for the fiscal year 2020-23 Transportation Improvement Program. The...

Colleges receive $5.6M to support underserved students

Four area colleges have received $5.6 million in federal grants for programs to help cohorts of underserved students graduate and succeed in the workplace....

PFAS assessment planned for northern Kent County

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Kent County Health Department will begin recruiting participants from northern Kent County for an...

Change Ups: Forrester earns Conservation Member of Year Award

Allmon Forrester, John Ball Zoo’s director of facilities, planning and sustainability, recently received the Conservation Member of the Year Award from the Aquarium &...

Michigan’s students need an A-F grading system

We are failing Michigan’s students in reading and math. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores from 2017 showed that Michigan has continued...

Accountability in education: Get your money’s worth

Getting your money’s worth is a saying we are all familiar with. Unfortunately, when it comes to improving the education system in Michigan, we...

Public Record

MORTGAGES Selected mortgages filed with Kent County Register of Deeds BOUMA, Kurt et al, Macatawa Bank, Condo-Compass Trail, $308,000 ANTVELINK, John R. et al, Independent Bank, Baxter...

Street Talk: All for the river?

The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum has heard from a consultant who demonstrated a racial equity-testing tool using a local sustainability project as an...