City of Wyoming

Division Avenue’s planned CityLine Apartments workforce housing complex a first for Kentwood, developer

Planned development will be located on nearly 12 acres of now vacant property touching Division Avenue and 52nd Street, on land most recently used as a used car sales lot and as a golf driving range.

By:K.D. Norris

Annual Pulaski Days cancelled due to COVID-19, but ‘Save the Halls’ community support still needed

Pulaski Days fans can still support the local halls and fraternal organizations through a “Save The Halls” campaign to raise money to help them make it through until Pulaski Days 2021.

By:K.D. Norris

Sen. Peters visits local postal service facilities amid mail-in ballot voting concerns

While he expressed confidence in the ability of local city and township clerks — in Wyoming and Kentwood and statewide — to reliably count the ballots they will receive, but he also offered advice to avoid possible delays in the handling mail-in ballots.

By:K.D. Norris

Traffic Tuesday: Center Lane Passing

The Traffic Tuesday question: Can you use the center lane for passing?

By:Jenni Eby, City of Wyoming Department of Public Safety

Six years after a tornado, the City of Wyoming celebrates the reopening of Ideal Park

As of Aug. 18, Ideal Park has officially reopened to the public with new features such as a playground, shelter and restrooms.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Snapshots: Weekend news you need to know

Five food trucks featuring elephant ears? Find out where and just how to earn every bite.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

County’s small business recovery grant program reports progress, more funds available

To date, $5.9 million has been granted to small businesses throughout Kent County, but less than half of the program’s $25 million has been distributed or earmarked for distribution.

By:K.D. Norris

Traffic Tuesday Answer: School Bus Lights

So what do you do when the yellow lights begin flashing on a bus?

By:Jenni Eby, City of Wyoming Department of Public Safety

Wyoming lifts sprinkling ban

Wyoming tells its 230,000 customers to sprinkle away.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming’s first female planning commissioner, longtime city historian dies

Dorothy Simon-Tibbe, who was instrumental in helping to publish two history books about the City of Wyoming, died Aug. 11.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Traffic Tuesday Question: School Bus Lights

What should you do when a school bus’s overhead yellow lights begin flashing?

By:Office Jenni Eby, City of Wyoming Department of Public Safety

Wyoming [re]Imagined sets community-driven framework for growth

City Council opens the public comment period for Wyoming [re]Imagined, a new master plan

By:Nicole Hofert, City of Wyoming

Commissioner Harold Voorhees, soon to leave elected office, visits WKTV Journal In Focus

WKTV sat down with Wyoming’s current commissioner, a position that is only latest of a nearly four decade career for the long-time public servant.

By:K.D. Norris

Uncovering the importance of Degage’s Open Doors shelter through the Pillowcase Project

Degage is seeking community help to decorate 4,700 pillowcases for The Pillowcase Project to be shown Sept. 10 – Oct. 1.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

New robotic surgery system, ‘a quantum leap forward,’ will include outpatient procedures

Metro Health – University of Michigan Health becomes the first health care system in West Michigan to offer the newest generation of this minimally invasive robotic option in an outpatient setting.

By:Jamie Allen, Metro Health-University of Michigan Health