Boarders beware: Parts of downtown prohibit longboar...
Wednesday | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
For him, riding his board - which is similar to a skateboard with a longer deck and bigger wheels - is a convenient form of transportation. Comment?
Is same robber responsible for three Grand Rapids ar...
Wednesday | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
Police say they are looking for a man who may be responsible for three holdups at Grand Rapids area hotels since May 18. Comment?
Police Seek Hotel Armed Robbery Suspect
Tuesday May 29 | via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids
The Grand Rapids Police Department tells FOX 17 their K-9 unit was brought in to the hotel at the intersection of 28th Street SE and East Beltline Avenue SE around 3:45 a.m. after the man implied he had a weapon under his shirt. Comment?
Solemn Memorial Day ceremony, parade in Kentwood hon...
Monday May 28 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
As bugler Kenny Swain mournfully played "Taps" following the honor guard salute, Gale Miller stood quietly next to an empty U.S. Army jacket. Comment?
Understanding Michigan's New Fireworks Law
Friday May 25 | via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids
Memorial Day is right around the corner and it's the first big "fireworks holiday" since Michigan's new, more lenient, fireworks law went into effect back in January. Comment?
Search for armed robber of gas station
Thursday May 24 | via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids
GRAND RAPIDS - Grand Rapids Police are searching for an armed robber who held up the Admiral gas station in the 4200 block of Kalamazoo Avenue Friday morning. Comment?
Grand Rapids teen was underwater 10 minutes before b...
Sunday May 20 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
A Lowell police officer and several Good Samaritans at a lakeside beach in Lowell helped pull an inexperienced swimmer from a deep spot in the lake on Sunday afternoon. Comment?
Two sent to hospital after separate shootings Saturd...
Sunday May 20 | via Grand Rapids Press
The first shooting took place about 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Madison Avenue and Delaware Street SE. Comment?
Kentwood police looking for white sedan after Saturd...
Sunday May 20 | via Grand Rapids Press
Police are on the lookout for a white sedan that witnesses say was involved in a drive-by shooting late Saturday night. Comment?
Police detail 18-year-old's alleged crime spree that...
Sunday May 20 | via MLive.com
In the past few months, the Kentwood resident has pleaded guilty to breaking and entering at Kentwood businesses with the intent of stealing, which he is slated to be sentenced for in June in Kent County Circuit Court. Comment?
Neighbor dispute causes short standoff
Thursday May 17 | via WOODTV.com
KENTWOOD, Mich. - One person is in police custody and another is injured after short standoff at Wingate Apartments in Kentwood. Comment?
Reports: Knife fight between Kentwood neighbors caus...
Thursday May 17 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
Television stations in Grand Rapids are reporting a short standoff earlier this evening at the Wingate Apartments was caused by a couple neighbors who got into an argument. Comment?
Man Allegedly Cuts Neighbor After Argument
Thursday May 17 | via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids
Witnesses on the scene say that numerous police cars and officers are present at the Wingate Apartments, near 32nd St. Comment?
Heavy Police Presence at Kentwood Apartment Complex
Thursday May 17 | via WXMI-TV Grand Rapids
Witnesses on the scene say that numerous police cars and officers are present at the Wingate Apartments, near 32nd St. Comment?
Police: Missing Ohio man spotted Wednesday night nea...
Thursday May 17 | via Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance
A 79-year-old Ohio man reportedly missing in the Grand Rapids area was spotted filling up his car Wednesday evening in Kentwood, according to the Kent County Sheriff Department. Comment?
Grand Rapids commissioner says other city department...
Wednesday May 16 | via Grand Rapids Press
The fate of a citywide fiscal transformation rests with the leaders of the two departments with the biggest general-fund budgets: Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk, left, and Fire Chief Laura Knapp, center, seen here serving soup with Lt. Comment?
Emergency drill prepares for chemical threat
Monday May 14 | via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids
KENTWOOD -- West Michigan emergency service personnel are once again preparing in the case of a major emergency. Comment?
85-year-old Kentwood grandmother, foster parent dies...
Sunday May 13 | via MLive.com
Mayetta Colbert, 85, devoted much of her life to adult foster care, fostering more than 100 people over a span of three decades in addition to caring for her own five children. Comment?
1 person dead following tragic Mother's Day house fi...
Sunday May 13 | via MLive.com
About a dozen people including some obviously distraught family members have gathered outside 2188 Bayham Drive SE, where paramedics spent about 15 minutes giving CPR to woman on the home's front lawn. Comment?
Wyoming maintains its budget strategy in face of con...
Friday May 11 | via MLive.com
The proposed city of Wyoming budget for 2012-2013 in a nutshell? More of the same. Comment?