| Kent County Board may ask to renew jail improvement tax (The Grand Rapids Press) |
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Kent County voters might be asked to renew a tax that funds jail improvements and operations. The County Board fast-tracked a plan Thursday to vote on the issue by mid-May to meet deadlines for the Aug. 5 primary election ballot.
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| Senator Levin honors Kent County "Crime Fighting Mom" (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids) |
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Levin honors community activists in Iosco, Arenac, Gratiot and Kent counties
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| Restraining Order Placed on Comstock Park Teacher (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids) |
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He's already facing charges for fleeing police and drunken driving, now a Kent County judge has orderd Comstock Park teacher James Idziak to stay away from a 15-year-old student.
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| Fundraiser to help cover cost of burial for boy, 13 (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids) |
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The family of a 13-year-old Kent County boy who died early last month will hold a fundraiser today.
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| On-ramp closure expected to snarl traffic (The Grand Rapids Press) |
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KENT COUNTY -- Traffic snarls will tighten starting today for motorists headed east toward Grand Rapids when the state closes an Int. 196 on-ramp.
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| More school choices for students in Kent County (WOOD TV 8 Grand Rapids) |
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Kent County students will have more options and more time to decide where to go to school next fall.
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| Man threatens video-store employee with syringe (Richmond Times-Dispatch) |
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New Kent County authorities are asking the public for information on an attempted robbery April 30 in which a man threatened an employee with a syringe at the Movie Gallery in the 2500 block of New Kent Highway. Sgt. Jamie Hamby of the New Kent County Sheriff's Office said the man told an employee "he was diagnosed with AIDS last week and it was on the needle" and if the employee didn't give him ...
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| Declining enrollments mean more openings in Kent County schools (MLive.com) |
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GRAND RAPIDS -- Kent County districts are opening their school choice plan, making about 1,300 more seats available and giving families through the end of the summer to pick a new school.
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| Councilman Ponstein seeks board seat as Republican (The Grand Rapids Press) |
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GRANDVILLE -- A Grandville City Council member who once ran for state office as a Democrat filed Monday as a Republican candidate for the Kent County Commission's seventh district seat, which will be vacated at year's end by Marv Hiddema.
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| www.kentonline.co.uk - your gateway to Kent (The Kent Messenger) |
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Does Kent need another landmark? Paul Carter, leader of Kent County Council, thinks that a prancing white horse would make the perfect landmark for Kent.
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