City of Wyoming
School News Network: When Monsters Call and Teachers Read, Students Listen
The shared love of a book was on display in English teacher Shantel VanderGalien’s eighth-grade honors class as she read aloud from “A Monster Calls.”
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With city and commercial cooperation, grand opening of 28 West Place more than ribbon-cutting
A key part of the redevelopment of the center was the city putting in a special street — 28 West Place Street — to allow better access to the businesses.
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Wyoming Public Schools seek millage extension to modernize buildings, expand high school
Wyoming Public Schools superintendent Thomas Reeder: “We have to be able to set our schools up for the next couple of decades.”
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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 News Network: Tireless Go-getter Makes Her Community a Better Place; Dreams of a Brighter Tomorrow
Maria Aguirre likes to help other people’s dreams come true: making sure a child has presents wrapped under the tree on Christmas morning, doing her part to fund cancer research, helping distribute grants to organizations doing good in her Wyoming community.
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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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Ribbon cutting celebrates redevelopment of former Wyoming Village Mall to 28 West Place
Through the redevelopment of the mall, the city was able to complete the first phase of its 28 West Street project. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be at 1:30 p.m.
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Wyoming Wolves basketball coach Vander Klay honored for 300th win
Vander Klay was inducted into the 300+ Varsity Century Club at the BCAM Hall-of-Fame/Clinic week-end at Oakland University.
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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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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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