Daily editionThursday, October 29th, 2026
Good morning, Grand Rapids.
The Good Day Grand Rapids Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
Community
The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum is hosting a Halloween trick-or-treat event today from 5 to 8 p.m. at (11 Sheldon Ave. NE) with a glow dance party, slime lab, trick-or-treat stations, crafts, and prize games; admission is $10 to $12, members and under-1 free, EBT/WIC $1.75.
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Business
Tacos Locos opened across from the TSA checkpoint at Gerald R. Ford International Airport, serving breakfast tacos + burritos until 10:30 a.m. and street tacos, burritos, bolos and taco salad bowls the rest of the day; Boochie Bar is expected to open by the end of the year.
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The City Commission approved Miro Mediterranean’s development-district liquor license request on Tuesday, Oct. 27 for a bar and restaurant planned on the Residence Inn's ground floor at (10 Ionia Ave. NW); the application now moves to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission for final approval.
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Civic
Veo will give riders $10 in free e-bike and scooter credits on Nov. 3 to help people get to polling places; use promo code VOTE26 in the Veo app to claim the credit, which covers about two rides.
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Culture
The Forest Hills Central marching band performed its “Samba in the Stadium” halftime show celebrating Latin music on Friday, Oct. 23 at Central Stadium, led by Joel Burns and drum majors Brennan Brown and Isabella Yang, and the Rangers beat East Grand Rapids 20-17 to close the regular season.
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The USS Silversides, a WWII submarine serving as a Muskegon floating museum, must pass five tests before being towed back from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin; its return window is today to Nov. 4 (weather permitting) after a $3.5 million preservation at Fincantieri.
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Education
The school board selected longtime educator Allison Tingwall as Grand Rapids Public Schools' next superintendent, but a contract must be finalized before she takes over; current superintendent Leadriane Roby will remain through June 2027 (Tingwall currently works for Chicago Public Schools).
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Environment
Meteorologists say a Sudden Stratospheric Warming is likely around Nov. 5, the earliest on record, and it could nudge Arctic air toward the U.S.; however, a strong El Niño makes a sustained cold pattern for the Great Lakes unlikely and forecasters expect clearer signals by the end of the first week of November.
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Lifestyle
With Americans projected to spend more than $4 billion on Halloween costumes in 2026, Goodwill of Greater Grand Rapids' Plainfield store showed FOX 17's morning crew how shoppers can thrift outfits now (about $13 to $30).
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