Rockford News

Kathy Hubert, on right, and her daughter, Victoria, watch as Kent County officials assess the scene of a road commission truck crashed into an Algoma Township house on Thursday, May 16, after a two-vehicle crash.

For many years Kathy Cornwell was very active as the volunteer leader of our Rockford Area Museum.

Adam & Nicole Snyder, of Rockford, MI, are please to announce the arrival of Bentley William Snyder, born January 28, 2013, 6:37 p.m. at Metro Health in Wyoming, MI.

Jim Olson, founder of FLOW of Michigan, leads a meeting with citizens at at meeting in Cannon Township on Wednesday, May 22.

ArtPrize 2013 is four months away, but a public vote is about to begin on art for the fifth contest.

Michigan State Police helicopter pilot Sgt. Jerry King from the Rockford post does his preflight check of "Trooper 2", a Bell helicopter he flies for law enforcement.

A Rockford man was injured Sunday afternoon after losing control of his motorcycle in Deerfield Township, police said.

Pillars of the greater Rockford community were recognized Tuesday, May 7 at a very special ceremony that had the meeting room of Rockford City Hall packed and an impressive crowd at Peppler Park's Recognition Plaza.

The new museum project has been a demanding yet rewarding one for our Rockford Area Historical Society.

Kathy Hubert, on right, and her daughter, Victoria, watch as Kent County officials asses the scene of a road commission truck crashed into an Algoma Township house on Thursday, May 16, after a two-vehicle crash.

This Kent County Road Commission truck crashed into an Algoma Township house Thursday, May 16, after a two-'vehicle crash ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, MI -- An 18-year-old driver was critically injured today after a two-vehicle crash that sent a Kent County Road Commission truck into a house.

The West Michigan Environmental Action Council and Kent County Water Conservation have mapped oil and gas leases in Kent County.

From left, Aaron VanKampen, 11, of Sparta, Jed Comden, 9, of Zeeland, and Spencer Pletzke, 11, of Rockford, dig in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Nate Hurwitz Field on Wednesday, May 15 in Plainfield Township.

Kylee Panse, a senior at West Ottawa High School, will have her triptych illustration, titled "Vanity," on display for a year at the U.S. Capitol.

Color-coded areas show reported Consumers Energy power outages. Rockford-area residents without power are shaded in red.

In Loving Memory of Eleanor I. Sjogren, born April 17, 1921, the 2nd of five children in the family of Ray & Grace Helsel.

The Kent County Sheriff's Department along with Rockford Ambulance and the Plainfield Fire Department responded to a car versus motorcycle crash.

Authorities are closing a section of Northland Drive NE in Plainfield Township around the scene of a serious traffic accident, south of Rockford.

There have been at least two accidents involving bikes earlier this week, including one that killed a Grandville Calvin Christian music teacher.

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., will soon have a bit of West Michigan art decorating its walls.