Comstock Park News

Administrators are considering eliminating eligibility for North Kent High School students in sports sanctioned by the Michigan High School Athletic Association.

A Grand Rapids man was charged Monday for his part in a sexual assault that occurred in April 2008.

Jeff Hawkins was fired last month as a deputy clerk and paid on-call firefighter lieutenant by Plainfield Township after he was charged with four felony counts in connection with his alleged propositioning of 15-year-old girls.

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More than a foot of snow was on the ground in Marne, Comstock Park and Walker at the time of this posting, and better than 8 inches was reported in Grand Rapids.

Among the ideas for reducing next year's township budget is a proposal to drop funding for the Kent District Library branch in Comstock Park.

As Dan and Diana Walcott went cage to cage, looking at some of the 70 cats up for adoption, they came across a 2-year-old domestic longhair named Suri.

The district showed "significant improvements" in record keeping and documentation in fiscal 2008-09 over the previous year, according to an accounting firm.

It's a holiday tradition as dependable and enduring as turkey dinner. On Thanksgiving night people camp outside certain stores so they can buy Black Friday bargains in the morning.

Rockford Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Shibler had harsh words to say about Plainfield Township officials' failure to notify him that a convicted sex offender was working practically within arm's reach of elementary students.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. One West Michigan school is attempting to put a positive spin on recent budget cuts.

Moving can be a real pain -- packing, heavy lifting, adjusting to new neighbors, saying goodbye to old friends.

Attorneys Nathan DeVries , Metta Dwyer , Tara Kennedy , Kellen Lynch , Scott McNurlen , Jordan Paterra , Mary Tell , David Whitfield and Dean Zarafonetis were named associates at Warner Norcross & Judd LLP.

The Kent County Sheriff's Department is investigating a Saturday morning armed robbery at a Comstock Park convenience store.

Comstock Park Public Schools Superintendent Ethan Ebenstein on Friday joined neighboring school chiefs in pressuring Plainfield Township officials to conduct criminal background checks on employees.

Paw Paw senior Brooke Willis holds up the cardboard box shelter as it starts to fall with volunteers White Lake freshman Daniel Breitenbach, left, Comstock Park senior Chris Patterson, and Rogers City freshman Jessica Ruppert Wednesday in Central Park.

COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. - Drive-in restaurant fans take note. Another Sonic location is opening in West Michigan next week.

On Monday, Sonic America's Drive In opens a new location on Alpine Avenue in Comstock Park.

They served proudly. Men and women of the U.S. Military, who then raise their kids to do the same.

Most Walmart stores will stay open 24 hours on Thanksgiving. It's one of several changes planned this year to create a safer, more orderly shopping experience on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year.