City of Wyoming

Can’t be in stands? WKTV to live broadcast, livestream featured prep football games

With in-stadium crowds limited in this shortened prep football season due to COVID-19 restrictions, WKTV’s sports coverage will expand to provide fans with live coverage of games.

By:K.D. Norris

WKTV lets the Sun In

Starting this month, WKTV will be using the rays of the sun to help power its facility, reducing its electrical bill and carbon footprint.

By:Tom Norton

Coaches ready as local high school sports shift into high gear following Gov. Whitmer, MHSAA action

Fall sports that had been in limbo, including boys soccer and volleyball, can begin competitive action as early as Sept. 8. And high school football can begin Sept. 18.

By:K.D. Norris

Traffic Tuesday Answer: Drinking and Driving

Can you get arrested for a blood alcohol level lower than 0.8?

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

Documentary follows resident’s journey of walking the Lake Michigan coastline

Michigan filmmakers Jacob Penning and former WKTV intern Micah Rynders documentary “The Middle Coast” is set to premier on WKTV.

By:Anna Johns, WKTV Intern

KDL announces ninth annual Write Michigan Short Story Contest

The Write Michigan Short Story Contest is now accepting entries.

By:Katie Zuidema, Kent District Library

Traffic Tuesday: Drinking and Driving

This week’s question is about impaired driving.

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

World War II ‘Greatest Generation’ to be honored with local remembrance, flyover, book discussion

There will be two days of celebration of the “Greatest Generation” — Americans who fought in World War II, or whose labor helped win the war.

By:K.D. Norris

County commissioners allocate $2 million to local reopening schools to fund COVID-19 related expenses

The grants provide schools — public, private and charter — with flexibility in how they use the funds as they continue to implement back-to-school plans.

By:K.D. Norris

Heavy metal fishin’ — locals land the strangest things, sometimes get police involved

From the usual odds and ends, to guns and a military grenade, to an antique metal toilet, one local magnet fisherman has stories to tell.

By:K.D. Norris

Harvard-trained surgeon returns to West Michigan, joins Metro Health’s gastroenterology program

The Grand Rapids City High valedictorian will be contributing to the groundbreaking Cancer Network of West Michigan.

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

Snapshots: Family fun near you this weekend

Draw a picture at Kentwood’s Chalk the Lot or play on Ideal Park’s new equipment. There is always something to do in Kentwood or Wyoming!

By:Anna Johns, WKTV Intern

City of Wyoming seeks input from residents on how to use federal funds

This is the opportunity for Wyoming residents to tell the city how they want these federal dollars used over the next five years.

By:Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

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