Daily editionSaturday, October 31st, 2026
Good morning, Grand Rapids.
The Good Day Grand Rapids Team
Here’s your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 31st of October.
Community
Dave Tiesma spent 37 years with the Grand Rapids Fire Department and 17 years volunteering at the Public Museum, logging more than 3,000 hours as a docent and now retiring.
His last Thursday shift was this week; family and museum staff will honor him with a presentation (Sunday, Nov. 1).
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Business
Cascade Engineering broke ground on a 300,000 sqft warehouse at 5680 E. Paris Ave. SE in Kentwood to consolidate shipping, receiving, inventory, and material management.
Construction is expected to be largely complete by May 2027, with occupancy and operations moving there in July 2027 and about 100 employees planned.
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Culture
The historic USS Silversides will depart Sturgeon Bay between 4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. and is expected to return to Muskegon between 8 a.m. and noon (weather permitting) after a $3.5 million preservation project; the museum remains $215,000 short of its fundraising goal.
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On Friday the FOX 17 Morning crew dressed as the Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus (1993), using costumes from Grand Rapids Civic Theatre and performing a special Halloween Breakfast Buzz segment on air.
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Education
Saugatuck High's marching band will travel to Springport for the football team's first playoff game, filling two buses and including about 95 students, roughly 40% of the school's 240 students.
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Government
Grand Rapids is spending about $1.5 million this year to install 11 pedestrian safety beacons, most already in place with two under construction on Michigan Street.
A longtime neighbor near Fuller and Fulton says the beacons haven't slowed drivers and is asking for more beacons and traffic-calming measures next year.
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Sports
Kent County Circuit Court Judge Paul Denenfeld granted a temporary injunction Friday allowing Grand Rapids Catholic Central to play its Round 1 football playoff game against Comstock Park no later than 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, after the MHSAA removed the Cougars over an ineligible-player ruling.
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NorthPointe Christian ended a 26-year regional title drought Thursday, beating Paw Paw 3-1 to win the Division 3 regional championship.
The fourth-ranked Mustangs (20-3-1) will play top-ranked Elk Rapids in a Division 3 state semifinal next Wednesday at Cedar Springs.
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Mona Shores senior running back Kevin White Jr. wears No. 15 to honor his late parents and is preparing for the playoffs against Traverse City Central while he heads to Ferris State next year after committing to play there.
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