NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told a parliamentary panel that banning any kind of head contact in hockey would be impossible to enforce and would most likely lead to the end of all hits in hockey. The government wants the ban to prevent serious head injuries but Bettman got hot while speaking to parliament, saying that…… MORE
Astronaut, GR Native Shouts Out Michigan From Space
When your an astronaut from Michigan you have to do a photo shout out from space, because I mean let’s be honest our state is pretty easy to pick out from space! Christina Koch a GR native is on a record breaking flight in space. She left in December and will be up there for 11…… MORE
Salmonella Outbreak In Michigan Linked To Melons Sickening 117 People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released that there has been an outbreak of salmonella that is linked to precut melon and has made 117 people sick. The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration say the likely source of the outbreak is Caito Foods LLC in Illinois. This type of precut melon is sold at Kroger, Target,…… MORE
Witness Says He Paid Football Players At Michigan
At the second trial in the federal investigation into college-basketball corruption Marty Blazer former Pittsburgh-based financial adviser testified that he paid football players at a number of schools, including Michigan, between 2000-2013. He did not offer specific regarding names of football players but some of the schools implicated include Penn State, Pitt, Notre Dame, Alabama and North Carolina.…… MORE
Grand Rapids Studio Park Project Announces First Restaurants and Retailers
It is hard to miss the big construction project going on at the intersection of Oakes Street SW and Ionia Avenue SW. It is expected to open in September and will include a movie complex, restaurant, apartments, retail, office space, a hotel, a parking garage and a 200-seat live music venue. A lot of rumors…… MORE
“Jeopardy!” Champ Passes $1 Million Mark
Ken Jennings may want to start exercising his thumb in case a matchup of the greatest minds is ever assembled. There’s a new contender coming for his championship crown. On Tuesday, James Holzhauer added once again to his incredible “Jeopardy!” winnings, surpassing the $1 million mark on his 14th appearance. The Las Vegas professional gambler…… MORE
Easter Bunny Opens Can of Whoop-Ass on Feuding Couple
A video that’s gone viral has left the Easter Bunny at the center of a scandal. The clip, which appeared Sunday on Instagram, shows a man and a woman fighting in downtown Orlando. Suddenly someone in an Easter Bunny costume steps in and tries to break it up. When his efforts fail, the oversized bunny…… MORE
Pothole Fixes Man’s Rapid Heartbeat
Potholes may be the bane of drivers’ existence, but for one Nebraska man, a missing chunk of asphalt wound up saving his life last week. With his heart racing to 200 beats per minute, paramedics near Omaha rushed the 59-year-old to the hospital. As the ambulance’s tire hit the hole, the first responders say his…… MORE
Grand Opening Of The Friesian Gastro Pub
We aren’t called beer city for no reason! Another gastro pub is coming to Grand Rapids on the Medical Mile Corridor in The Lord’s Chapel building. The grand opening will be today, April 17 from 11-11:30 AM with a private event and will be open to the public later that day at 1 PM. Their food…… MORE
Broken Glass Deliberately Spread On Beach At Sleeping Bear Dunes
Michigan police are looking for a person who spread “large quantities of broken glass” across a popular beach. The glass was discovered Tuesday at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan. A majority of it was distributed around the Good Harbor picnic area, Ranger Andy Blake says. “The glass was not dumped in one…… MORE
