Grand Rapids telephone companies replaced boy switchboard operators with women in 1879 after complaints that the boys were leaving their posts to play marbles.
Grand Rapids telephone companies replaced boy switchboard operators with women in 1879 after complaints that the boys were leaving their posts to play marbles.
After Grand Rapids was called a “dying city” in 2011, thousands of people joined together to create the massive Grand Rapids LipDub video in response.
On February 26, 2009, Grand Rapids radio personality Rick Beckett passed away at the age of 54. A look back at his career on WOOD Radio and The Rick and Scott Show. (READ MORE)
Here is what has happened on February 5. (READ MORE)