Kentwood News

Summer vacation is creeping around the corner and within a few weeks, kids will start whining those dreaded words: "I'm bored." Fun Spot Skating Center in Kentwood has joined, Kids Skate Free , a national effort to push boredom aside and help fight obesity.

With allegations of embezzlement from public coffers coming from his hometown last week, Kent County Commissioner Dick VanderMolen asked county officials what controls are in place to prevent similar incidents at the county.

In Grand Rapids, the Well House program serves as transitional housing for the homeless in the area and has seen some of the problems first-hand. He was once homeless and living in shelters in Grand Rapids while battling double pneumonia and a painful nerve condition called spinal stenosis.

A Kentwood man accused of running a stop sign on Forest Creek Drive in February, causing a crash that pinned two drivers in their vehicles, allegedly admitted to police he consumed a pint of brandy and pain pills prior to getting behind the wheel.

Kent County and a nonprofit agency have reached a tentative deal relocating two satellite health clinics at the old Kentwood library and offering dental services to Medicaid patients.

The incident happened between 7:30 and 8 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Eastcastle Dr.

A city cop plans to retire rather than take a required leave of absence as he runs for mayor.

Some of the 10,000 new employees Dollar General plans to hire this month will hail from Grand Rapids.

Job training programs at Grand Rapids Community College will get a boost thanks to a $700,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Grand Rapids: May 1: Lloyd Thomas III to Alyssa and Lloyd Jr Robinson; May 1: Isaac Matthew to Lauren and Caleb Garber Hudsonville: April 30: Aevin Deppe to Shannon and William Hinshaw; May 4: Colt Matthew to Alicia and Matt Schipper; May 4: Emmett Daniel to Elizabeth and Daniel Scholaart; May 8: Easton James to Jordan and Mitchell Wagner Kentwood: ... (more)

The birth of bus rapid transit in Michigan didn't occur in the Motor City but in this growing health-care hub region where officials hope commuters will crave the system and generate millions in economic development.

The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded fuel in an area including Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Holland was $3.77 Monday morning, down 1 cent from a week ago.

After her car left the Gerald R. Ford Freeway and rolled, a 33-year-old Jenison woman, driving alone, didn't know what happened.

Oneika Majava wept as she stood on the fringe of Rosa Parks Circle with her two young sons, telling how growing up bisexual in Hudsonville made for an uncomfortable adolescence.

Welcome Home Baby is a First Steps program available at no cost to first-time parents.

Top Chef season 10 winner Kristen Kish says, "My favorite thing to do is whisk." She uses that skill here to create three simple desserts.

"I can't even get him to return a phone call," says David Belcher. He wanted an engine built for his classic truck he plans to race.

Two local self-serve frozen yogurt businesses are launching mobile operations this year, adding a twist to the new food service flavor in the Grand Rapids area.

The price for a gallon of regular, unleaded fuel remained unchanged over a week in West Michigan, sitting at $3.78, according to AAA of Michigan .

Many weekends this spring, communities across the country will take to the track to fight back against cancer in Relay for Life.