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Walker, Michigan is located in Kent County. Zip codes in Walker, MI include 49544, and 49534. More Walker information.

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Yesterday | WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Gusty Winds and Showers Plague Festival Goers

Although most of the day was dry, festival goers in downtown Grand Rapids had to ditch a few showers late this afternoon.

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Saturday | WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Pancake Eaters Chow Down For Standale Woman

Grand Rapids-area citizens ate pancakes Saturday to raise money for a Standale woman's lung transplant.

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Fri Jun 01, 2012

WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Four Taken to Hospital After Walker Crash

Four people, including two children, were involved in a crash Friday evening in Walker.

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Grand Rapids Press

Was it the rain? Police handling several crashes in Grand Rapids area

The poor weather may be contributing to a slew of traffic crashes this afternoon in the Grand Rapids metro area, including one that seriously injured two children.

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Thu May 31, 2012

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Hot Rod Power Tour to stop in Muskegon

WALKER, Mich. - Some of the loudest and flashiest cars around are headed to the lakeshore this weekend for the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour.

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Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Murder suspect Karl Cotton sent to prison for lying to investigators about a cellular phone

Karl Cornelious Cotton Jr. will spend at least the next 16 to 40 years in prison for lying about his cellular phone number during a grand jury-style investigative subpoena hearing.

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Wed May 30, 2012

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

110-year-old Walker burger joint Bud's Hamburg will close for good on Thursday

A small, third-generation family restaurant with a long history in Walker is closing its doors for good on Thursday after the longtime owner died last summer.

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Tue May 29, 2012

Lite 98.7

Principal Apologizes After Suspending Seniors for Riding Their Bikes to School

Nervous about past senior pranks involving vandalism and various other destructive behavior, a high school principal in Michigan swiftly issued one-day suspensions for dozens of seniors who rode their bikes to school en masse because she thought it was intentionally meant to disrupt the school day.

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Sat May 26, 2012

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Gas prices slide in time for holiday travel

WALKER, Mich. -It's something drivers hardly ever see on a holiday weekend: some gas stations are dropping prices at the pump.

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Fri May 25, 2012

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Man dead after falling out of moving vehicle

WALKER, Mich. - The driver says he tried to keep his passenger in his pickup truck, but could not prevent 26-year-old Kurt May from leaping out at 70 miles per hour.

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Independent Women's Forum

Students Busted for Biking

By 2014 Congress will have spent nearly $1 billion on programs to get students to bike to school.

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Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Thursday will be 'another sad day' for longtime Walker eatery

Bud's Hamburgers has been in the city of Walker since before Walker was a city, but on Thursday after the lunch crowd wanders out, the restaurant will close its doors for good.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Streetsblog

The Unintended Consequences of Michigan Students' Bike-to-School "Prank"

Radio personality Kevin "Gravy" Canup delivers a bike, donated by Grand Rapids Bicycle Company, to Kenowa Hills High School in Walker, MI.

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MLive.com

ArtPrize 2012 entries chosen in 3rd Legacy Trust Award Collection contest

Lane Cooper, David Chupp and Leanne Vandenbos are the three winners of the Third Annual Legacy Trust Award Collection contest for adult artists with disabilities.

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WMRR-FM Muskegon

Apologies in Kenowa Hills

Kenowa Hills Principall Katie Pennington says she overreacted in suspending 65 high school seniors for thei relatively unplanned mass bike ride Tuesday morning.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Bradford Today

Seniors busted for 'prank' -- biking to school

Articles/News Or Photos Letter To Editor New "Ask BT" Question Free Classified Ad New Event New Poll New Forum Topic Prank or proud moment For high school seniors in Walker, Mich., who marked their last day by riding bikes it was all about staging a "prank" with no damage.

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Tue May 22, 2012

WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Hundreds Pack Kenowa Hills Meeting Upset Over Suspended Seniors

More than 60 Kenowa Hills High School seniors were sent home on their last day of high school after organizing a group bike ride to school for their senior prank.

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Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Solar eclipse: Mlive readers show us their eclipse photos

While Sunday's solar eclipse was not fully visible to those of us in Michigan, several Mlive readers caught some amazing shots of what could be seen here.

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Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

GRCC students react to new $100 facilities fee

Jake Balke wasn't too upset by a $2.50 per-contact-hour tuition increase passed by the Grand Rapids Community College Board of Trustees on Monday night.

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WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Students suspended for riding bikes to school

WALKER, Mich. - 65 Kenowa Hills High School students are suspended after they rode their bikes to school as part of a 'senior prank.' The students are in 12th grade and today was their last day of school.

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