Kentwood News

Two suspects in the June 14 home invasions in Kentwood were arraigned in Kentwood District Court Monday, according to a police press release.

Marcia Butgereit, of Kentwood, left, and Wenda Fore, of Jenison, demonstrate Civil War-era toys at last year's Dutton Days celebration.

But that course reversed last year for the 28-officer public safety department -- as it did for many other departments around the state that saw an uptick in drunken driving arrests, a new MLive Media Group analysis shows .

KENTWOOD, Mich- Saturday marks the beginning of stage 3 of the 28th street construction project in Kentwood and Cascade township.

Neighbors in a Kentwood subdivision helped police nab one of three burglars who fled after they were caught in the act of breaking into a home.

The Combined Theatre Scholarship program, managed through the Grand Rapids Foundation , annually awards three scholarships, selected by a committee representing Actors' Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, Circle Theatre, Jewish Theatre, Heritage Theatre Group and Broadway Grand Rapids.

Police are investigating the apparent accidental drowning of a 1-year-old boy in a Grand Rapids area pond.

A 1 1/2-year-old Kentwood boy drowned after he fell into a small Kentwood pond off Embro Drive SE, despite efforts from bystanders to revive him.

That training was happening in the Kentwood neighborhood of Bailey's Grove on Monday night.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday, June 5, filed felony information against Thomas N. Verhage, James D. Orr and Eugene A. Biegert in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids.

St. Joseph-based Trigo Hospitality is expanding the Moe's Southwest Grill chain across West Michigan in the coming months and years, starting with a new location that opened May 23 near the Woodland Mall in Kentwood.

"She had the biggest smile, and her daughters carry on that trait to this day," family friend Tammie Drummond said.

"She had the biggest smile, and her daughters carry on that trait to this day," family friend Tammie Drummond said.

Authorities say a good Samaritan who stopped to help after a two-vehicle crash in West Michigan was struck and killed by one of the vehicles involved.

A total of 5,700 children are participating in Grand Rapids and Kentwood this summer beginning June 8, receiving $60 or $30 per child.

The city of Grand Rapids has inched back above 190,000 people, according to population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Police say a Good Samaritan who stopped to help after a two-vehicle crash on East Paris Avenue SE was killed when one of the vehicles hit her.

It happens at 10 a.m., at 1213 52nd Street SE in Kentwood. Bishop Walter A. Hurley of the Diocese of Grand Rapids will be there, along with the church's pastor, Father Godfrey Onyekwere.

At least one member of a group that two years ago proposed the City of Grand Rapids and Kent County merge into a single government say they're not surprised a report from a county subcommittee issued today rejects their idea.

A former Garfield Park swimming pool is among the Grand Rapids parks casualties from years of budget cuts.