Airfare prices, for the carriers that still exist, jumped nearly 15% this year; escalating travel costs across the board have families rethinking where they spend their summers. The usual suspects, ...

Whether you’ve got a backyard or just a sunny windowsill, you can grow a garden. That’s the message behind Scent & Soil: A Container Sensory Garden Workshop, a free event set for Saturday, June 6, ...

UPM is supporting Second Harvest Northland to help ensure families across Itasca County have reliable access to nutritious food, reinforcing the company’s long-standing commitment to youth, education, ...

Efforts to restrict plant-based products from using the word “milk” are gaining traction again, despite little evidence that consumers are confused (Reuters, April 24, 2026). Most people know exactly ...

Recently this newspaper printed an opinion piece on the work that the City of Grand Rapids did to clear the brush and understory next to a round-about on 10th Street ...

May 31 will be the second full moon during the calendar month of May. A blue moon only occurs once every two to three years and it was the perfect ...

The statement outlines nine key features of a heart-healthy dietary pattern: “For healthy eating to be more attainable and sustainable, we recommend people focus on their overall eating pattern rather ...

The 4-hour defensive driving class will be held at the Itasca County Courthouse Board Room on Tuesday, June 30, 2026 from 12: p.m. to 4:30 p.m. It’s $20 per person and pre-registration is required.

With many Americans now spending less time together than ever before as in-person contact continues to decline, according to data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, ...

Season 9 doesn’t waste any time diving back into the remnants of the Citadel arc and the chaos surrounding Evil Morty (Harry Belden), as the season premiere throws fans right back into the messy, ...

Play is essential to childhood – yet globally, about 1 in 7 children under the age of 5 do not have toys or playthings at home, according to UNICEF. Through play, children make ...

The Judy Garland and Children’s Discovery Museums of Grand Rapids is inviting community members to help secure the future of ...