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updated: Thu Jul 03, 2008 02:23 am

Grand Rapids News

Local news for Grand Rapids, MI continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

2 hrs ago | WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

One dead, another injured, in Montcalm Co. shooting

At least one person is dead, another injured, after an overnight shooting near Lakeview.

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Related Topix: Lakeview, MI, Grand Rapids Metro

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

Wettest June on record at Houghton Lake, Lake City

If you thought it was wet in Michigan last month, the numbers back you up. The National Weather Service says northern and western Lower Michigan got significantly higher than average rainfall in June.

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Related Topix: Houghton Lake, MI, Weather, Grand Rapids Metro

MLive.com

Grand Rapids Township arrest ends large indoor marijuana-growing operation, police say

Police have seized 157 marijuana plants and several assault weapons from a home during a drug bust they say ended a large indoor marijuana growing operation.

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Crain's Detroit Business

Report: 4 on Detroit council part of federal probe

A newspaper reports federal authorities are looking at four Detroit City Council members as part of an investigation into a sludge recycling deal.

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Thousands expected at western Michigan music event

Tens of thousands of people will descend upon this tiny village in western Michigan for the first Rothbury music festival, a "green"-themed event that will feature more than 70 acts during its four-day run that ...

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Related Topix: Walker, MI, Rothbury, MI, Grand Rapids Metro

Tue Jul 01, 2008

NewsCenter 25

Safe Driving Cities

But four Michigan cities rank among the top 10. Sterling Heights and Warren rank No.

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WTKG-AM Grand Rapids

Heritage Hill Murder Suspect Convicted for 1975 Killing

A Kent County Jury had a short period of deliberation before returning their verdict Tuesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Marshall, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Kent County, MI

WOOD-TV Grand Rapids

Motorists rescue victims from flaming wreckage

A 26-year-old waste hauler was among a team of motorists who rescued five people, including a 16-month-old, from flaming wreckage after two vehicles collided head-on Monday in Ottawa County's Blendon Township.

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Related Topix: Allendale, MI, Ottawa County, MI, Zeeland, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Holland, MI

MLive.com

Fire sparked by lighter damages Grand Rapids home

A 15-year-old boy searching through the attic with a lighter sparked a house blaze, but nobody was injured, fire officials said.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro

Grand Rapids Press

Grand Rapids schools eye new approach to sex ed

Grand Rapids educators would be part of a national trend moving away from "abstinence-only" sex education programs if the school board adopts a proposal to add high school lessons about contraceptives.

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Related Topix: Jenison, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Human Sexuality

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WTOM-TV Traverse City

Montcalm County deadly shooting

Montcalm County Sheriff Bill Barnwell says a man is dead and his father injured, shot after breaking into the home of the father's estranged girlfriend.

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Related Topix: Montcalm County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro

Battle Creek Enquirer

Body found along Lake Michigan in Van Buren County

Authorities say a child has found the body of a missing Chicago teacher along the shore of Lake Michigan in Van Buren County.

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Related Topix: Van Buren County, MI, Michigan, Kalamazoo, MI, Kalamazoo Metro, Grand Rapids Metro

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

No one hurt, suspect in custody after shots fired in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids police officers investigate a report of shots fired early Sunday morning.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

WLNS-TV Lansing

Man dies after being kicked in head by horse

A 63-year-old west Michigan man has died after being kicked in the head by the horse he was grooming.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Kent County, MI

Grand Rapids Press

New Michigan law will require older children to use booster seats in cars

Brian Magoon III might not be happy about it, but there's no use fighting Mom, especially when the law is on her side.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Grand Rapids Metro

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

Police arrest 73 fugitives in sweep

Dune buggies, ATVs and motorcycles speed across Silver Lake State Park sand dunes each summer.

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MLive.com

Continue reading "Leonard Terrace Senior Center to close doors"

When the Leonard Terrace Senior Center closes next month, a place for low-income seniors to socialize and eat free meals also will shut down.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Grandville, MI

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Steelcase Profits Down

Steelcase, the world's largest office furniture maker, Friday reported it's first quarter profits declined one-third from a year ago.

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Related Topix: Office Equipment, Furniture, Steelcase, Grand Rapids Metro

Thu Jun 26, 2008

WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

2 Injured in Grand Rapids Shooting

Around 6:30 p.m., 2 men were shot while standing on a porch in the 500 block of Giddings on Grand Rapids Southeast Side.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Community Foundation grants over $500,000 in scholarships

The Grand Rapids Community Foundation announced yesterday they awarded $544,550 in scholarships to local high school students.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Grand Rapids Metro

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