Kent County News

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.