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Kent County News

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Thursday | WLNS-TV Lansing

Man faces life in prison for killing prostitute

A man who killed a prostitute after having sex with her in a Wyoming, Mich., industrial park faces mandatory life in prison without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder.

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Related Topix: Wyoming, MI

Tue Jun 30, 2009

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

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A judge today sentenced a Grand Rapids Press sports columnist to three years probation for growing dozens of marijuana plants in his home.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI

Mon Jun 29, 2009

WZZM

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After a 10 month investigation a 44 year old Cedar Springs man has been charged with internet crimes that involve sexually abusive activity against children.

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Related Topix: Cedar Springs, MI

Sun Jun 28, 2009

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Cascade Township apartments destroyed by fire

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Kent County Dispatchers tell WZZM 13 News that multiple fire departments are working on putting out a fire on the 6000 block of Lincolnshire Lane SE in Cascade.

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Related Topix: Kentwood, MI

Fri Jun 26, 2009

WLNS-TV Lansing

Grand Rapids sports columnist enters guilty plea

A suspended Grand Rapids Press sports columnist accused of growing marijuana at his home has pleaded guilty to a reduced drug charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping two other counts.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI, Drugs

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

No charges for man who stabbed another in the chest with a tire iron

A man involved in a deadly Wyoming stabbing will not face charges. News reports say a Kent County prosecutor ruled Filipe Dominguez-Rodriguez acted in self defense in April when he jabbed Bert Dingui in the chest with a tire iron.

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Related Topix: Wyoming, MI, Life, Self Defense

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Lansing State Journal

31,173 nationwide help make handwritten Bible

CASCADE TWP. - After a 22,000 mile, nine-month journey, a religious publisher in Michigan has assembled a handwritten copy of the Christian Bible, penned by 31,173 people from 40 states.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI

Crain's Detroit Business

Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land not running for governor

Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land said Thursday she won't run for governor in 2010, deciding instead to throw her support behind Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard for the job.

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Related Topix: Michigan, US News, Grand Rapids, MI

Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Clio Messenger

Co-owners of Kent County deer farm plead guilty

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A 52-year-old Grand Rapids-area man has been sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months' probation after pleading guilty to violating the state's chronic wasting disease quarantine.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI

Mon Jun 22, 2009

MyFoxDetroit

Police: Woman Takes Baby from Nursery

A Grand Rapids-area volunteer accused of taking home an 11-month-old girl while working in a church nursery has been arraigned on charges of kidnapping and unlawful life imprisonment.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Kentwood, MI

MLive.com

Tabitha Reid, arraigned on charges of kidnapping child at...

Kent County Sheriff's investigators say Tabitha Reid may have visited two other churches Sunday, the day she allegedly kidnapped a 1-year-old baby from the nursery at Kentwood Community Church.

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Related Topix: Kentwood, MI, Cutlerville, MI

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Muskegon Chronicle

Ex-Rest Haven worker pleads guilty to molesting 2 patients

A former worker at Rest Haven Homes pleaded guilty Monday to molesting two mentally incapacitated residents.

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

Fri Jun 19, 2009

WLNS-TV Lansing

Mich. man's bra-clad break-in case bound for trial

A Sparta man has been ordered tried on accusations of breaking into a neighbor's home and rifling through her car while wearing a purple bra and boxer shorts.

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Related Topix: Sparta, MI, Rockford, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI

WILX-TV Lansing

Teen Killed During Storm

A southwestern Michigan teenager has been electrocuted after stepping on a power line downed by storms sweeping across the state.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI, Sparta, MI

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Counselor at Grand Rapids facility charged with having sex with 15 year old

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. The Kent County Sheriff's Department is investigating a counselor at Kids First Program in Kent County for having sex with a teenage boy.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI

Thu Jun 18, 2009

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Facing formal charges for a 3 county crime spree

A man accused of going on a three county crime spree across West Michigan now faces formal charges.

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Related Topix: Ottawa County, MI, Zeeland, MI

Ann Arbor News

Defense calls patients who say chiropractor accused of criminal...

A very different portrait was painted in court Wednesday of a Wyoming chiropractor accused of misusing his position to gain the trust of female patients before fondling their breasts under the guise of treatment.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Wyoming, MI, Gregory, MI, Wayland, MI

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Ann Arbor News

Kent County installs 'No Stopping, Standing, Parking' along roadway near bald eagles' nest

Since December, Ken and Judy Gager have watched a pair of bald eagles raise two babies in a nest built overlooking a marshy lake directly across 12 Mile Road NE from their home.

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Related Topix: Warren, MI, Fraser, MI, Rockford, MI

Tue Jun 16, 2009

WFRV

Farmers to expand in west Mich., create 1,600 jobs

Farmers Insurance Group Inc. says it will expand its Grand Rapids-area campus, creating 1,600 jobs.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids Metro

WSJV-TV South Bend

Bald eagles lead to traffic hazard in Michigan

A nest of bald eagles in one southwestern Michigan community is attracting so much attention from bird watchers that officials plan to ban roadside gawkers from the area.

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