The zoo said it has attracted more than 800,000 visitors so far this year. John Ball Zoo will close for the season on Sunday, ...

The 30th anniversary of the Van Andel Museum Center comes as construction crews are working to bring new features to the ...

Along with reading and history, around 500 hundred of West Michigan students are spending their class time learning how to become "Habitat Heroes" in the Grand Rapids area.

Like Louis Campau or Charles Belknap, John Ball’s name lives on in Grand Rapids. The man for which the city’s zoo is named ...

Kiume, an African lion who has called the Grand Rapids-based zoo home for more than a decade, will be moving to another Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) facility in the near future. The zoo ...

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Editor’s Note: This is the first piece of a four-part series on the life and impact of John Ball. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich ... and the nearby John Ball Zoo is bigger than ever.

“He had just tears of joy.” While any of the fans that packed Dodger Stadium would have been thrilled to have the grand slam ball, Zachary said other fans were happy for him. “Everyone ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Police are ... the child's mother who said it happened in the area near the John Ball Zoo roundabout and Rise Authentic Baking Company, or Fulton Street ...

A student is safe after they were allegedly approached by a "suspicious driver" Thursday afternoon, according to Grand Rapids Public Schools (GRPS). After dismissal, a student at Zoo School was ...