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Rockford purchases two homes to expand the Krause Memorial Library parking

The city of Rockford purchased two homes neighboring the Krause Memorial Library to create additional parking.
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Man dies in fatal Allendale Twp crash

A man has died following a crash in Allendale Township, deputies say.
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Marching bands: 185-member Rockford named MLive’s Band of the Week

The ensemble will perform its show “Bump in the Night” at competitions this fall, including the Bands of America Toledo Regional this weekend.
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KCAS Pets of the Week: Moth and Lunchbox

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — This week’s featured adoptable pets from the Kent County Animal Shelter are two dogs: one sweet and one active. Moth is a 10-year-old American Staffordshire terrier. The shelter says that though she has had a “rough life,” she is “somehow she is still the sweetest, most adorable little soul
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Pizza Hut rebuild, golf course expansion among recent projects OK’ed by Grand Rapids area...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Pizza Hut is going to be demolished and reconstructed with a new pick-up window off U.S. 131 in Wyoming. The project is one of several notable developments that were considered by city planners across the Grand Rapids area in September. Local planning commissions considered the projects for various
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Former Rite Aid reopens as West Michigan education center for young adults

GEORGETOWN TWP, MI – A shuttered Rite Aid is getting a second life as the newest Young Adult Services facility for Ottawa Area Intermediate School District. OAISD hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 29, for the facility at 2775 Port Sheldon Street in Jenison. Now, the renovated building...
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Chem Central property declared PFAS contamination site

The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team has confirmed there is PFAS contamination at Chem Central, a longtime manufacturing property in Wyoming.
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Asian street food restaurant plans Wyoming location

K-Pocha, which is known for its Korean corn dogs and a range of other Asian street foods, is working to open a new location in metro Grand Rapids.
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Ottawa County man, 34, dies in Lake Michigan Drive crash, second man taken to...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI — A 34-year-old Allendale man is dead following a two-car crash early Friday evening at the intersection of Lake Michigan Drive and 78th Avenue. According to a preliminary investigation report from the Ottawa County Sherriff’s Office, deputies and members of the Allendale Township Fire Department were
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One dead, one hurt following Allendale Township crash

ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 34-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Allendale Township Friday afternoon, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office. It happened at the intersection of Lake Michigan Drive and 78th Avenue just after 5:30 p.m., deputies said. Local: Semi-truck overturns, spills 40,

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