Kentwood News

Babysitters are the target of a recent scam being investigated by the GRPD. They're looking for a guy who took money and personal information, then may have left town leaving victims furious.

As young children in the late 1980s, Abraham Wach Deng and three of his cousins started a months-long journey walking through war-torn Sudan.

A church volunteer was in court this morning for allegedly kidnapping a baby from a church daycare.

The woman accused of stealing a baby from a Kentwood church nursery will undergo a psychiatric examination after her attorney on Tuesday said Tabitha Reid likely does not understand the felony charges she faces.

A Sudanese refuge who came to the region as part of the Lost Boys group has been identified as the man killed in a July 2 traffic crash, police said.

Police in Kent county are looking for a suspect in a criminal drive-through. The incident took place Wednesday morning at the B-Finest clothing store on Breton Road.

Kentwood police say a pedestrian was struck and killed while walking down westbound 28th St.

In the course of routine surveillance, Fitch Ratings affirms its 'AA' rating on the City of Kentwood, MI's approximately $12.3 million of outstanding limited tax general obligation bonds, series 2005 and series 2003 and approximately $5.8 million of outstanding Building Authority bonds, series 2001.

Police in Kentwood are reporting a fatal traffic accident involving a pedestrian.

A suspected thief is caught on camera smashing a car through the front door of a clothing store and walking out with thousands of dollars of merchandise.

A 71-year old Alzheimer's Disease patient who went missing Wednesday was found alive, safe and sound.

It might have seemed like deja-vu for folks living in one Kent County condo complex.

Hide Video A five-hour standoff near Grand Rapids has ended peacefully with police finding the suspect passed out inside a condominium.

Two condominiums were destroyed and a third was damaged during an overnight fire at the Forest Hills Condominiums.

Great sacrifice: Florida resident Joan Doolin's hands clutch the bracelet engraved with the name of Rick Medaris, who died in Vietnam in 1969.

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Kent County Dispatchers tell WZZM 13 News that multiple fire departments are working on putting out a fire on the 6000 block of Lincolnshire Lane SE in Cascade.

The City of Kentwood says a cable has been cut that is disrupting phone service in the area of their municipal offices.

This year we are looking forward to a spectacular fire works display. The fire works will begin at 10:15 and will be held at the Kentwood City Center on Breton road.

Laura Dykstra once lived the American dream -- raised in Jenison, a soccer mom with four kids living in Kentwood.

UPDATE: Kentwood Police officials say Larry Willard Pigott has been located by family members several blocks from his home.