Kent County News

Officials from Kent County communities say state laws block them from cooperating on expensive services, such as firefighter.

Kenneth D. Hoskins, a former Grand Rapids Public Schools youth advocate charged with sexually assaulting two teenage students, will challenge a police assertion that he was seen with one of the alleged victims at a South Division Avenue motel recently.

An attraction that could draw millions in sports tourism dollars might be coming to Kent County, but backers have to raise an estimated $5 million to make it happen.

A convicted sex offender is allowed to volunteer at a local church and now his roommate is charged with molesting one of the kids from the congregation.

EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. The investigation continues into the death of an East Grand Rapids man after he was tasered three times Monday night by police.

A Plainfield Township firefighter charged Monday with soliciting sex from a teenage girl earlier sought counseling after molesting a young relative from outside his household in 1995.

A head-on wreck on 14-Mile Road near Wabasis Lake killed two women yesterday just before noon.

First Mackinac Island, now Kent County. When straw poll results were reported from Kent Republicans "Big Party" on Thursday, Rick Snyder came out on top with 44 percent.

Her childhood bout with the swine flu was more than three decades ago, but Lisa Verbraska hasn't forgotten the misery.

A recommendation to increase fees for Kent County parks probably will get a boost Tuesday as officials continue plugging away at a projected $9.7 million deficit for next year.

A former Kent County human services director said he plans to file a formal grievance Monday protesting his reassignment to Lansing, a move that area lawmakers say was retaliation by the state because of his often outspoken criticism.

In a speech to Kent County Republicans on Thursday night, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said they should make every week between now and next November an opportunity to win the governor's race, congressional seats and the state Legislature.

OAKFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -A Greenville man is in the hospital following a two vehicle crash in Kent County.

KENT COUNTY, Mich. A Plainfield firefighter who was under investigation for alleged criminal sexual conduct has now been arrested.

GRAND RAPIDS - Kent County Sheriff officials are trying to figure out how deputies misplaced three inmates for more than 1-1/2 hours.

The Kent County Sheriff's Department is investigating how deputies left three inmates locked in a transfer van for nearly two hours Tuesday.

Kent County Veterans Honor Guard commander Michael Burri, a U.S. Army veteran, stands in the cookhouse he designed and built for the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Michael Burri's career as a builder occasionally has him in a hard hat, but equally important to him is the cap that goes with his uniform as commander of the Kent County Veterans' Honor ...

The John Ball Zoo Society plans to announce Thursday the offer of a $100,000 gift conditioned on Kent County not raising admission fees next year.

Showing up at Creston High School with a sawed-off shotgun in his pants will keep 16-year-old Devante Glasper as a ward of the court.

This lot in Wyoming at 3480 S. Division Ave. was the site of a gas station. Kent County is poised to add a land bank authority as another tool to combat foreclosed homes and abandoned property, under a proposal headed to the Kent County Board of Commissioners.