City of Wyoming

Kelloggsville students get a real ‘tree-t” on Arbor Day

Fifty-four upper elementary students from Kelloggsville Public Schools traveled to Ideal Park on Arbor Day, April 28, to enjoy the outdoors and learn about the importance of planting more trees in our communities.

By:Estelle Slootmaker, WKTV Community Writer

Wyoming voters approve library millage flexibility for park needs

City of Wyoming voters approved a request by the city to use part of an existing library maintenance millage for improvements and renovations at four parks.

By:K.D. Norris

Baseball dominates schedule for WKTV’s featured high school coverage

Summer break is coming: Get out and watch one of the high school contests while you still can this month

By:Mike Moll

Grant from Steelcase Foundation allows Kent District Library to bring back the Bookmobile

Kent District Library is pleased to announce that it has received a $208,000 grant from the Steelcase Foundation to design and offer a bookmobile to the KDL community.

By:Katie Zuidema

WKTV Newscast: Golden Gloves and The Vibe

Kentwood Parks and Recreation gala, The Vibe, is just around the corner.

By:WKTV Staff

Kentwood, Wyoming residents head to the polls tomorrow for millage proposals

Kentwood and Wyoming residents will cast their vote on a proposed countywide millage for all Kent County schools and Wyoming residents will decide on flexible funding for its parks.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming hosts last meeting on millage, KDL leader states he is comfortable with request

Kent District Library director said he has been assured the request will have no impact on the Wyoming library facility. A KDL millage covers the operations and collections at the branch.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming’s Spring Carnival is back at a new location, Lamar Park

The Spring Carnival will open tomorrow, Friday, and run through May 7 with proceeds going to the Wyoming Parks and Recreation Department and the Greater Wyoming Community Resource Alliance.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Metro Health – University of Michigan Health hosts Drug Take Back Day for area residents

University of Michigan Health, in partnership with the City of Wyoming Environmental Services and the Kent County Safe Meds Program, is hosting a Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

By:Jennifer Hoff, Metro Health - University of Michigan Health

Wyoming’s Public Safety Department hosts Citizen’s Academy for clergy and other church leadership

The Wyoming Department of Public Safety is pleased to announce the first Citizen’s Academy for the spring of 2017, which is specifically designed for clergy and leadership staff from local churches.

By:WKTV Contributor

Kent County selects new voting machines; plans roll-out by November

Kent County, and the cities of Wyoming and Kentwood, will have new voting machines in place by later this year as part of a Michigan state-wide upgrade of voting machines.

By:K.D. Norris

City of Wyoming hosts second meeting on upcoming millage request

The meeting is at 7 p.m. at the Gezon Fire Station located at 2300 Gezon Parkway SW.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Water polo scheduled for WKTV’s featured high school coverage

The WKTV truck and the crews will continue to bring various events to the airwaves this spring and this week we will be at East Kentwood covering girls water polo — twice!

By:Mike Moll

The City of Wyoming once again answers the urge to purge with its Community Clean-Up Day

This year’s event will be on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22 at North Godwin Elementary School, off of Buchanan Avenue.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming seeks to open up library maintenance millage for park improvements

On May 2, the City of Wyoming is asking its voters to open up its library maintenance millage to allow for a portion of the millage to be used on park improvements.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma