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How did Wyoming Park students get alcohol before fatal crash? Police report should be done soon
Police say a report that delves into how several Wyoming Park High School students obtained alcohol, hours before a double-fatal crash, should be done in about a week.
Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
Benjamin Walcott seeks dismissal of accusations that he used a child to satisfy his foot fetish
Benjamin Walcott did not get a ride from Wyoming to Grand Rapids Township, but after conditionally waiving a hearing today, he did get a complientary trip to and from jail.
Bus vs. Motorcycle Crash Closes 28th St. Lanes in Wyoming
A Wyoming thoroughfare is expected to be closed for about an hour after a motorcycle vs.
M-11 intersection reconstruction starts Thursday at Byron Center Avenue
COUNTY: Kent HIGHWAY: M-11 CLOSEST CITIES: Wyoming and Grandville START DATE: Thursday, May 31, 2012 ESTIMATED END DATE: Sunday, Sept.
Question of the Day: When a leader apologizes, when should you accept?
The parking lot outside the Kenowa Hills Schools administration building is full of people waiting to attend a school board meeting.
A 'yarn bombing' over the weekend on Main Street was the work of volunteers organized by the Hopkins District Library.
She survived flesh-eating bacteria; now Grand Rapids-area woman helps educate others
Donna Batdorff of Wyoming had necrotizing fascitis, also known as the flesh- eating bacteria, in 1997.
Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative CEO says large new customer will brighten its future
At age 13, the Michigan Turkey Producers Cooperative is a fast-growing teenager with lots of potential for growth, says president and CEO Dan Lennon.
Benefit Saturday for Families of Killed Teens
A benefit luncheon will be held from Noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Lombardo's Pizza in Wyoming, 2307 Lee Street Southwest, for the families of two teens killed in an accident.
Pere Marquette's CJs on the Beach in Muskegon closed for weekend and likely rest of summer
The owners and customers of CJ's on the Beach at Pere Marquette Park are facing Memorial Day weekend with a beach bar closed for lack of a liquor license.
Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
Grand Rapids streets may be a 'walking time bomb,' but this road is the area's worst
A Grand Rapids task force this week reported that city streets are in "crisis," with 61 percent of them in "poor" condition.
Bank robbery suspect walks away with cash
WYOMING, Mich. -- Police say a man with a gun held up the Fifth Third Bank branch in Wyoming Thursday.
Grand Rapids Parade of Homes opens Friday
The Grand Rapids Parade of Homes has 63 houses on tour this year, and eight conceptual houses to view online only.
Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
Wyoming students chop more than 250 inches of hair for charity
Nancy Jager and her son, Eddie Jager, organized a hair drive this afternoon at Vanguard Charter Academy , where Eddie is in 8th grade.
3 groceries in Detroit get low-interest loans
Shoppers at the Indian Village Market on Tuesday. This is one of three independent grocery stores receiving low-interest loans from the City of Detroit under the Detroit Economic Growth Corp.'s Green Grocer Project.
Mother's Warning About Synthetic Drugs: "This Needs To Stop"
Pearl Diaz spent Monday at Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids at the bedside of her oldest child, 30-year-old Daniel Diaz.
Father speaks of son pulling friends from vehicle after double-fatal Wyoming crash
The call was one no father wants to get: A police officer telling Gerard Stanaway his son had been in a serious car accident, along with several friends.
School remembers teens killed in DUI crash
WYOMING, Mich. -- The halls at Wyoming Park High School are quiet and somber -- many students stayed home after learning that drinking and driving played a role in the deaths of two classmates: Timothy See, 17, who was to graduate soon; and Krysta Howell, 15, a freshman.
Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
30-year-old sees more charges for allegedly using children to satisfy his 'foot fetish'
A man with a storied past involving his attraction to the feet of little boys is now the subject of more accusations that he was getting a child to participate in his fetish activities.
New "FootBook 2.0" to Help Janome Users With Vast Array of Feet and...
When Janome, designer of such innovative sewing machines as the Memory Craft 1200 , set out to engineer enough feet and accessories to cover just about every sewing need possible, they knew there would also need to be a reference tool to explain it all.