City of Kentwood
Harvest Celebration brings Kentwood Farmers Market to a close
Saturday is the last day for the Kentwood Farmers Market with a few special activities planned to help wrap up the annual event.
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‘VOICES: a community history project’ rolls out red carpet at ArtPrize Nine
Participants tell their stories of hardships and successes, of what shaped them and their families into the kind of people they are today.
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School News Network: ‘Basics of Life for Some Kids Are Not Basic’
At Godfrey-Lee Public Schools, the Kent County district with the lowest family income, the correlation between M-STEP scores and poverty is stark.
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WKTV Journal: In Focus offers discussion of roadway work zone safety
On the latest episode of WKTV Journal: In Focus we talk with than the deputy managing director of the Kent County Road Commission as he discusses the public’s role in work zone safety and winter driving safety.
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WKTV offers City of Kentwood candidate forum on cable, on-demand
The candidates for two elected city positions were at the Wyoming-Kentwood Area Chamber of Commerce candidate forum — and WKTV was there too.
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Ford Airport marks completion of phase one of gateway transformation
Construction on the first phase of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport’s (GFIA) Gateway Transformation Project started in December 2015, and concluded today with a ribbon-cutting celebration.
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More than 80 vendors scheduled for this year’s South Kent Community Expo
The South Kent Community Expo is set for this Saturday, Sept. 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the East Kentwood high School, 6230 Kalamazoo Ave. SE.
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New WKTV sports volunteer finds ‘great experience’ behind camera
One of the newest WKTV sports coverage volunteers, occasionally working as part of the video crew for high school football games, is enjoying learning to be a cameraman.
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School News Network: Tips to Parents: How to Help Your Child’s Reading
Plenty of books in the house. Nightly story time. Exposure to words, words and more words. Those are three components that help a child develop reading skills from birth on, and the more a child reads the better it correlates with achievement.
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Several area schools have half days, cancel games due to heat
UPDATE: Due to the heat, Kentwood Public Schools has canceled all after school activities and athletic events accept for the water polo game which will take place as scheduled. The East Kentwood Choir concert also has been canceled.
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Fishes, color-in-art, just some of the ArtPrize offerings from Kentwood, Wyoming artists
Kentwood students create a wave of fishes while a Wyoming High School mentor hopes to encourage youth to use their voices in the year’s ArtPrize competition.
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WKTV has two kinds of ‘football’ as part of your complete local high school sports schedule
WKTV’s broadcast crew will make two stops at East Kentwood High School over the next week, first for football, then for a boys soccer game.
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WKTV’s ‘VOICES: A Community history Project’ launches at ArtPrize Nine
Come learn more by visiting the VOICES mobile studio at ArtPrize Sept. 22 & 23 and Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Go to our website and reserve a time to tell YOUR story!
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