City of Wyoming

Chamber golf outing set for June 11

The annual event helps raise money for the high school scholarship program.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming city planner, Kentwood mayor featured in KDL series

Wyoming’s Nicole Hofert and Kentwood Mayor Stephen Kepley will part of KDL’s Community Resilience series that runs this month.

By:Katie Zuidema, Kent District Library

Gypsy moth project approved, council sets special assessment hearing for costs

The Wyoming City Council also approved more than a million dollars in waterman replacement work and a new railroad traffic light for Beverly Avenue.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Wyoming Wolves new head football coach Brewster visits WKTV Sports Connection to talk football and mentorship

With WKTV sports volunteer Mark Bergsma, Coach Brewster talks about his journey back to Wyoming, his work as Dean of Students at the high school, and what he envisions as the football program he wants to build.

By:K.D. Norris

Snapshots: Things to do this weekend

Live theater returns at the Grand Rapids Civic Theater and a free virtual performance offered by the Grand Rapids Ballet. Plus the Canadian contribution to the McDonald’s menu.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Metro Health part of collaboration to bring new cardiovascular facility to Wyoming campus

The new collaboration will bring the second cardiovascular program to the Grand Rapids area. The program would be based at Wyoming’s Metro Health hospital campus.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent County Prosecutor Becker talks court trial backlog, videos as witnesses on latest WKTV Journal In Focus

WKTV recently had the county’s top attorney in to discuss a wide range of his office’s activities — including its goals, accomplishments and challenges.

By:K.D. Norris

Summer hours for Wyoming’s yard waste drop-off are now in effect

The site is now open six days a week for Wyoming residents to drop off yard waste.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Snapshots: WKTV has some ‘good news’ stories you might have missed

Yes, there was some good news in the news this week: vaccines are on the upswing, restaurants are getting a break, and despite the year the 2020 was, life expectancy is still on the rise.

By:WKTV Staff

Traffic Tuesday Answer: When it’s too much noise

So when can you ‘pump up the volume’ from your vehicle?

By:Officer Jenni Eby, Wyoming Department of Public Safety

As spring games begin, Wyoming Wolves head softball coach Failing visits WKTV Sports Connection

On this latest episode of WKTV Journal Sports Connection, we talk spring sports — specifically Wyoming high softball. Wolves coach Kaitlin Failing is in our studio.

By:K.D. Norris

Michigan launches free app designed to protect mobile devices from threats

The new app detects unsecured Wi-Fi network, check apps, and system tampering.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

More COVID vaccines pouring into state, more local vaccination opportunity available

This week, as the West Michigan Vaccine Clinic had a one-day record of 12,532 vaccinations, and the state announced next week’s shipment of federally supplied doses of vaccines would increase to a weekly record high.

By:K.D. Norris

Traffic Tuesday: When it’s too much noise

“Pump up the volume” maybe the phrase, but not always what you should do depending on the time of day.

By:Officer Jenni Eby, Wyoming Department of Public Safety

Wyoming continues its battle against gypsy moths, adds new bike path

Monday, April 5, is the hearing for the gypsy moth spraying. Also, the city extends resurfacing program to include a bike path along Burlingame Avenue.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma