There was a small protest in Grand Rapids Saturday pushing city commissioners to change a city code opposers say the ordinance targets the unhoused community.
Over 2,000 people lost power in Kent County, according to the Consumers Energy Outage map. Most of the outages are reported near downtown Grand Rapids.
St. Patrick’s Day was Friday, but people crowded the streets of downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday to celebrate the state’s largest St. Paddy’s Day festival, Irish on Ionia.
A new steak house and sushi restaurant has opened in downtown Grand Rapids. Nagoya Hibachi Streak House & Sushi is located in the Kendall Building at 16 Monroe Center Street Northeast.
The fireworks show in downtown GR is set to start at 10:30 p.m. Organizers bought the fireworks in November, narrowly avoiding supply chain issues and rising costs.