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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.

By:Mike Moll/WKTV volunteer sports director

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.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

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.”

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming gets ready for 14th Annual Pumpkin Path

Set for Oct. 14, the Wyoming Pumpkin Path draws more than 6,000 children, parents, and grandparents to trick and treat at Lamar Park.

By:Krashawn Martin, City of Wyoming

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.

By:Mike Moll, WKTV Volunteer

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.

By:Erin Albanese, School News Network

State action on auto insurance reform leads Chamber’s October WKTV Government Matters discussion

Michigan lawmakers are at work tackling reform of the state’s no-fault auto insurance law, but there is no quick fix.

By:K.D. Norris

Government Reports: Sen. Stabenow supports state’s agriculture; Rep. Huizenga backs balanced budget

What have our legislators been up to lately? Find out right here.

By:WKTV Staff

Wyoming football team learning, growing under new coach’s guidance 

With the team’s first win last week — 33-21 against conference foe Middleville Thornapple Kellogg — the coach thinks his team is close to flourishing.

By:K.D. Norris

School News Network: I Get How Hard It Is

Teresa Dood, Parkview Elementary’s Kent School Services Network coordinator, brings an awareness that is deep and real to her job linking families with resources.

By:Erin Albanese, School News Network

Intersection of 56th and Ivanrest scheduled to get traffic signal

Reconstruction plans for 56th Street include a traffic light at the intersection of 56th Street and Ivanrest Avenue.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Train derailment causes rerouting on 36th Street

According to the Wyoming Department to of Public Safety, there was a train derailment on 36th Street near Clay Avenue. 

By:WKTV Staff

‘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.

By:Victoria Mullen, WKTV

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.

By:Erin Albanese, School News Network

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.

By:WKTV Staff