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Planners create vision for South Division

Residents and business owners in the South Division corridor now have an official vision for the area’s future. After months of planning, meetings and input...

Downtown apartment occupancy remains high

Downtown Grand Rapids’ apartment market continues to gain significant momentum, according to a recent report by Colliers International West Michigan. The report was produced by...

‘Solid backing’ puts Holland’s Motus on growth path

Strictly speaking, Motus Integrated Technologies is a new venture, but its West Michigan origins and “solid backing” by an East Coast private equity firm...

Couple debuts their own cord management tool

A local husband-and-wife team is saying “I do” to a business venture 30 years into their marriage. Michael and Sherryl Despres founded GCK Products LLC...

An industry with a view

Downtown Grand Rapids pedestrians soon will be given a window into advanced machining and robotics projects at a $3 million lab that opened last...

Downtown Muskegon gets boost with $8M hotel

Parkland Properties recently put the finishing touches on an $8 million renovation of a former Holiday Inn in Muskegon. The newly designed hotel is...

Apple season means heavy agritourism for region

According to the Michigan Apple Committee (MAC), Michigan is the third largest apple producer in the United States. Yet, apple season in West Michigan is...

Inside Track: Mantella challenges convention

When Philomena Mantella started attending college, she said she originally planned to stay on the narrow track that was expected of women at that...

GRPD initiates new immigrant-contact policy

The Grand Rapids Police Department is looking to build trust with the immigrant community. The department has established a foreign national policy that prohibits any...

Lowell puts road-repair funding on ballot

Lowell residents will be asked to consider a Nov. 5 ballot proposal allowing the city to collect an income tax in order to repair...

Gov. Whitmer promises she won’t be deterred

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stopped in town Sept. 9 to speak to the Economic Club of Grand Rapids on her fiscal priorities amid ongoing state...

Public Record

BANKRUPTCY 19-03152 – FOREMAN, Duane G., 1521 Edward SE, Ryan F. Beach (Ch. 7) 19-03165 – MUNOZ, Julia, 4134 Oak Park SE, David C. Andersen (Ch....

Walker to hold final open house for master plan

The final of four open house events to guide the formation of Walker’s 2040 Master Plan is scheduled for this week. The northwest corner of...

Change Ups: Baer named to Forbes’ Top 250 Wealth Advisors list

Michael Baer, senior vice president and wealth management advisor for Merrill in Portage, was named to Forbes’ 2019 Top 250 Next-Gen Wealth Advisors list....

Marginal growth returns for West Michigan economy

After last month’s substantial dip, the pace of the West Michigan industrial economy has returned to a very modest growth rate. According to the data...

Tree damage can be thorny issue for neighbors

An old philosophical question asks, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a...

Kent officials planning positions for $1.4M

Kent County officials are planning to add multiple positions that will cost a total of $1.4 million. The Kent County Board of Commissioners soon will...

Support for telehealth services throughout state is rekindled

Someday, radar might be used to detect when you fall in your home by measuring your heart and breathing rates. “The fall is a really...

Horizon Bancorp introduces stock repurchase program

A financial institution has created a new program for its shareholders.  Horizon Bancorp Inc. (HBNC), the holding company for Horizon Bank, created a stock repurchase...

Street Talk: Never too early

Organizers say the first round of funding from the Ready by Five Early Childhood Millage will help thousands of families in Kent County connect...