Rachael Shier, 8, of Grandville, left, is startled by the blast of sound from Karen Dunnam, of Grand Rapids, as she plays her tuba while marching in the 2009 Grand Rapids Jaycees Santa Parade Saturday morning on Monroe Center.

An alternative high school run jointly by three school districts looks to be disbanding.

District administrators plan no mid-year spending reductions to offset a $1.73 million revenue shortfall caused by state funding cuts.

Huntington National Bank is hinting it will add jobs in West Michigan in the near future, and the Columbus, Ohio-based bank has current openings posted at virtually all of its locations in the region.

An iron ore sculpture that was part of this fall's ArtPrize will be placed in Grandville through next April.

In one corner are City Council members, doubtful about a plan to make Chicago Drive one lane in each direction with on-street parking.

A woman already under arrest for a drug and larceny charge has been identified as a purse snatcher in an incident that happened Nov.

Grandville High School and two other West Michigan school marching bands -- Grant and Reeths-Puffer -- are in Indianapolis today competing in the Bands of America Grand National Championships .

Medical Weight Loss Clinic locations in Grand Rapids, Grandville and Holland are among those offering no-cost weight loss programs to unemployed workers.

A police officer job vacant since July will remain unfilled as part of a midyear budget cut resulting from a decline in state revenue sharing.

At 7 p.m. today, the City Council is scheduled to consider a mid-year budget cut in anticipation of a sizable revenue shortfall.

For the second year in a row, and third time since 2004, Godwin Heights marching band has won the state's annual Michigan Competing Band Association championship .

The Michigan State Police announced the arrest of 25 sex offenders in Kent County who were not in compliance with the Michigan's Sex Offender Registration Act.

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A hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday on a Grandville firm's plan to build a 4,250-square-foot Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified office.