For starters, 11 local breweries have created their own version of The Grand Pumpkin beer. It’s the second such collaboration since Grand Rapids was named Beer City USA 2012. (The first was Beer City Pale Ale.) Some brews are heavier on spices like nutmeg and cinnamon, and some have just a hint. Visit a few of the participating breweries and decide which Grand Pumpkin beer you prefer.

People don't have to be classical music aficionados to take part in the third annual White Lake Chamber Music Festival, which will take place from Aug. 3 to 13, according to co-founders and directors Sondra Cross and Bryan Uecker.

Trust leaders have asked the city to restore $31,000 in funding while researching possible millage request.

Back in 2001, before the idea of High Five Threads was even a glimmer on the horizon, a group of Northern Michigan natives started a small hot rod club. They decided to make the name for the group a play on their common 231 area code, dubbing the club “Deuce Thirty One.” Almost ten years later, three members of the group (Lance Hill, Byron Pettigrew, and Brad Kula) decided to bring new life to the moniker.

The Jamie Rus Memorial Shoot honors man killed on the job in 2007.