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The weight of secrecy is heavy in our community, as a recent report unveils a dark chapter in the local Catholic Church's history.

Often called modern dinosaurs, lake sturgeon are the focus of expanded research thanks to a newly awarded Great Lakes Fishery Trust grant.

After a standout 2025 season and Midwest League championship, the West Michigan Whitecaps earned Baseball America’s Minor League Team of the Year.

Michigan’s Upper Peninsula got a viral visitor: a bobcat roamed Chippewa Correctional Facility, leapt fences, and perched in a maple tree before heading back to the forest.

Deftones and Sleep Token among most collected albums in 2025.

The legendary filmmaker’s passing has fans revisiting his work, including a 2010 movie filmed right here in Ann Arbor.

Fire Bird Bar is moving into the former Turnstiles space in Grand Rapids, bringing live music, southern comfort food, pizza, and a salad bar. The new country-rock venue is expected to open February 2026.

AI data centers are popping up all over the country, but so are the electric bills for those who live near them. Could Sparta, Michigan, be the next location for a data center?

His all-time favorites are some immortal bass lines.

Loudwire's 'Best Metal Album of 2025' winners are gearing up for a busy 2026.

Amy Lee shared that Evanescence's album will be out in 2026, most likely in the spring, but she still has 'some lyrics' left to write for it.

Two of the three Spinal Tap members have weighed in on the death of Rob Reiner.

A nasal spray recalled in Michigan that could potentially be life-threatening.

From people taking different curious career paths to the absurd ways they got injured, here are some of the best calls and texts from 2025.

One Michigan community has now been named one of the safest cities in America.

Whether you are sharing with friends or eating the whole plate yourself, these nachos deliver every time.

For those who watched soap operas in the late 70's and early 80's, at that time, there was no bigger story than Luke and Laura, on General Hospital. Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer) has died.

A young fan stole the spotlight at the Jonas Brothers’ Grand Rapids show with a pink sign and a sweet message for Joe Jonas.