MLive.com - Mon Nov 09
Traffic moves through a construction area on 44th Street SW, near the U.S. 131 bridge project in September.
Residents bring up Commissioner Raymond VerWys' criminal past at his first city meetingMLive.com - Mon Nov 09
Raymond VerWys took his oath Monday night as city commissioner, but not without some public concerns of his criminal past being voiced.
Sunrise Bike Ride Turns Dangerous In Grand Rapids TownshipWTKG-AM Grand Rapids - Mon Nov 09
The Kent County Sheriff's Department said 44 year old Carl Otte crossed into westbound lanes on Cascade at East Paris on his bicycle Monday morning, where he was struck by a semi-tractor/trailer. A witness says that white vehicle with red lettering may have been unaware of this 7 a.m. collision, as it kept going on Cascade.
Legislative election in 2010 could give Democrats a chance to win...Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance - Sun Nov 08
New lines: A redrawn 3rd Congressional District linking most of Muskegon and Kent counties could elect a Democrat in 2012.
Kent County may add land bank authority to combat empty structures, lotsFlint Township/Swartz Creek Advance - Sat Nov 07
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.
Plainfield Township officials allowed firefighter who had sex...MLive.com - Sat Nov 07
A Plainfield Township firefighter and deputy clerk -- who township officials knew was a registered sex offenderbut visited local schools anyway -- is being investigated for allegedly soliciting a teenager for sex online via Facebook, police said Friday.
Kent County H1N1 flu vaccine clinic running smoothly so far, gets...Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance - Sat Nov 07
Her childhood bout with the swine flu was more three decades ago, but Lisa Verbraska hasn't forgotten the misery.
Firefighter under investigation for soliciting minorsWWMT-TV Kalamazoo - Sat Nov 07
KENT COUNTY, Mich. A registered sex offender, who is also a Plainfield Township firefighter, is being investigated on a complaint of soliciting a child.
Mom gave kidney to sister, now daughters share same bond and same Saint Mary's doctorsMLive.com - Fri Nov 06
Shelley Marinus, 47, of Kentwood, right, laughs from her bed at Saint Mary's Hospital after receiving a kidney from her cousin, Kiki Van Zanten, 47, of Hastings on Monday as Marinus' mom, Cecilia Mereness, 73, of Grand Rapids, left, and Kiki's mom, Lois Van Zanten, 70, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., visit her room Thursday.
Auto supplier Sellner-Behr to hire 25 workers in Comstock Park, MichiganAnn Arbor News - Fri Nov 06
A Sellner-Behr worker loads wood panel trim for a Cadillac CTS onto a polyester spray machine.
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