City of Kentwood
Kentwood Police hosts drug take back event Oct. 28
The Take Back Day event will be from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Kentwood Police Department, 4742 Walma Ave. SE.
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The Rapid seeks a 1.47 millage renewal to keep buses running through Kentwood, Wyoming
The Rapid public transit system will face severe cutbacks in service to Wyoming and Kentwood if its millage renewal request is denied.
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School leaders tally wins, losses of Michigan schools ‘Count Day’ results
Some local school leaders were braced for bad news, some confident of good news, when it came to the count and state funding.
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WKTV’s playoff football coverage & complete local sports schedule
This week’s featured game will be a rematch as Wyoming Godwin Heights (7-2) again travels to Wyoming Kelloggsville (9-0) for an opening-round Division 4 game.
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East Kentwood marching band to host 20-school competition Saturday
This East Kentwood High School Falcon Marching Band Invitational, a marching band competition, and will be Oct. 21 from 2:30-10 p.m.
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Home-based lead poisoning, other child health hazards, discussed on latest WKTV Journal: In Focus
Paul Haan of Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan, a group which works to identify and address environmental health hazards in homes with young children.
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WKTV’s local high school football update, complete sports schedule
The high school sports fall season is wrapping up, we have the complete week’s schedule but WKTV’s featured coverage will have football as South Christian travels to East Grand Rapids.
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Kentwood 50: Kentwood’s fifth graduating class celebrates its 50th anniversary
Kentwood’s fifth graduating class reunites to celebrate its golden anniversary, and former classmates share their stories about what it was like to graduate the year that the City of Kentwood was founded.
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Residents encouraged to ‘step forward,’ take advantage of home assistance program
Kent County Treasurer Kenneth Parrish, along with treasurers for Allegan and Ottawa counties and officials from the state of Michigan, discuss the benefits of the Step Forward Michigan program.
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Four local residents celebrate the wisdom of Dr. Seuss in Civic Theatre production
Three Wyoming residents and one from Kentwood bring the stories of Dr. Seuss to life this month in Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s production of “Seussical the Musical.”
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Kentwood hosts Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 21
Trunk or Treat will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 21, at Kentwood Department of Public Works, 5068 Breton Road SE, Kentwood.
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WKTV has your weekly local high school sports schedule
WKTV will continue its featured high school sports coverage this month as fall sports wrap up and winter sports are on the horizon.
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School News Network: When Trouble Came to Find Me, She Was There
Lexis Pearson was a self-described troublemaker when she was in seventh grade. Her poor choices led her to the office of social worker Brooke Davis.
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