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Wednesday Nov 12 | Detroit News

Detroit's Fisher Building marks 80 iconic years

Wanda Altese has a special connection with the Fisher Building -- she remembers spending days as a kid running through the tunnels that connect it with the former New Center building, lunching in the cafeteria ...

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Related Topix: Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Plymouth Township, MI, Redford, MI

Fri Oct 03, 2008

High Plains Journal

The real recyclers

For the third consecutive year, the Oesch family has outdone themselves with a community celebration at their dairy farm near Alto, Mich.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Life, Food, Nutrition

Fri Sep 19, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

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Kent County Sheriff Deputies tell WZZM 13 News, a person was killed after being hit by a train.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI

Wed Sep 17, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

NTSB determines cause of crash at Lowell Airport

LOWELL, Mich. National Transportation Safety Board has finished the investigation into a fiery plane crash at the Lowell Airport on July 23rd.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Lowell, MI

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

Train kills Kentwood man, Buche, lying on tracks

Harlie Buche often intentionally misspelled his first name to show how much he loved the motorcycles for which he and his brother, David, were named.

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Related Topix: Kentwood, MI, Train Disaster

Sat Sep 13, 2008

NewsCenter 25

Mich. man killed by train

Authorities say a 31-year-old Kentwood man has been struck and killed by a train in Kent County.

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Related Topix: Kentwood, MI, Kent County, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Autos

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Kentwood man hit by train, killed in Alto

A 31-year-old Kentwood man was struck and killled by an eastbound CSX train as he lay on the tracks.

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Related Topix: Kentwood, MI, Train Disaster, Kent County, MI

Grand Rapids Press

Freeport Elevator buyers back out of deal

The for-sale signs are back in the windows at Freeport Elevator. Its prospective buyers, Jamie and Cheryl Poll, of Alto, have backed out.. The Polls planned to buy the longtime business in northern Barry County ...

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Related Topix: Freeport, MI, Barry County, MI

Thu Jul 24, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

2 men survive fiery plane crash at Lowell Airport

The plane went down shortly after 6pm. Officials say the pilot was headed down the runway when he couldn't get enough lift and decided to abort take-off. He crashed the plane near a wooded area.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Lansing State Journal

Dozier: People News

The Ninth African American Parade and Family Heritage Festival will hold its kick-off event at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Letts Community Center, 1220 W. Kalamazoo St.

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Related Topix: Haslett, MI, Lowell, MI, Mason, MI

Mon Jun 02, 2008

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Driver in Critical After Hitting A Tree

A man loses control of his vehicle and smashes into a tree. Police say the accident happened around 12:15a.m Sunday near 60th street and Bancroft in Alto.

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Sun May 25, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Veterans Memorial Park monument hails West Michigan soldiers who died in Iraq

Tribute: John Norman, 63, of Wyoming, traces the names on the Operation Iraqi Freedom monument that was installed Tuesday morning at Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Grand Rapids.

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

Fri May 23, 2008

Grand Rapids Press

New monument honors those killed in Iraq War

Workers on Tuesday installed a monument in Veterans Memorial Park to 11 Kent County soldiers killed in the Iraq war, recognition one fallen man's uncle sought for more than a year.

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Wyoming, MI, Iraq, World News, Grand Rapids, MI

Wed May 21, 2008

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Grand Rapids memorial honors 11 fallen Iraqi war veterans

The Operation Iraqi Freedom monument was installed at Veterans Memorial Park in downtown Grand Rapids Tuesday morning.

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Related Topix: Life, Ada, MI, Cedar Springs, MI, Kent County, MI

Fri Apr 25, 2008

MLive.com

Continue reading "Two teens killed in crash that closes 68th Street in southern Kent County"

“You go over this hill and you just can't see”

Two teens were killed Sunday afternoon in a two-car accident in the 6700 block of 68th Street between Egan and Alaska avenues. via MLive.com

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Related Topix: Middleville, MI

Wed Apr 23, 2008

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Two Teenage Boys Die in Fatal Crash in Caledonia

Kent County Sheriff's Deputies are on the scene of a double fatal accident in Caledonia. via WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Caledonia, MI, Middleville, MI

Mon Apr 21, 2008

WWUP-TV Cadillac

2 High School Students Killed in Kent County Crash

Authorities say two high school students have died in a Kent County crash while heading home from church. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

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Related Topix: Kent County, MI, Education Etc., Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Middleville, MI

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