04 February 2010
A recent traffic stop in Alpine Township resulted in the arrest of two Cedar Springs residents. The KANET (Kent Area Narcotics Enforcement Team) became involved after Deputy Robert Porter with the Kent County Sheriff Department conducted a traffic stop on Alpine near 7 Mile Road, on February 1, at 12:16 a.m.
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04 February 2010
Master Sergeant Wayne P. Bush Wayne P. Bush has been promoted to the rank of master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Bush is an airborne warning and control system (AWACS) quality assurance mission simulators noncommissioned officer in charge. He is with the 552nd Air Control Network Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. The master sergeant has [...]
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04 February 2010
Phil may have predicted six more weeks of winter in Punxsutawney, but the groundhog forecast didn’t cast a shadow over fun for homeschoolers in Greenville this week. Homeschooling families from Sand Lake, Stanton, Greenville, and the surrounding areas gathered at the Greenville Community Center, February 3, to participate in various Groundhog Day activities.
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04 February 2010
Is your car locked at night? Cedar Springs Police Roger Parent reminds those in the city and in the country to keep their car doors and garage doors locked, to help thwart thieves in the area.
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04 February 2010
ROCK the KENT Last week we ran an article on the recent Rock the Kent! event, and we listed the next date for Rock the Kent as Feb. 6. Instead it will be Feb. 26, since many members of the Musicians Club have a jazz band rehearsal Feb. 6. So mark your calendar for Feb. 26 [...]
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04 February 2010
Library patrons in West Michigan have always been able to check out a book at one library, and return it to any other library in the area. But, due to state funding cuts, that will change on March 15, 2010. Library patrons throughout the eight-county Lakeland Library Cooperative service area will then need to return materials to the library where they checked them out.
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04 February 2010
Some students were alarmed last week when Cedar Springs High School went into a “Code Yellow” and kept students inside their classrooms while a canine drug unit searched the building.
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04 February 2010
Brave volunteers needed to take the plunge Feb. 6. Adventurous Stanton area residents are needed to plunge into the icy water at Clifford Lake Inn on Feb. 6 to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Michigan (SOMI) at the 2010 Law Enforcement Torch Run® (LETR) Polar Plunge. Stanton plunge registration is scheduled to start at [...]
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04 February 2010
Cedar Springs musician Jimmy Lewis has been selected to perform in the “Grand Rapids’ Got Talent” Competition on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at The B.O.B. in downtown Grand Rapids.
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04 February 2010
Phil’s okay! PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had concerns that the annual Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Penn., was stressful for Punxsutawney Phil, the centerpiece ground hog. They wanted to replace him with some kind of robot. Well, I know Phil. I visited him at his home in the library window in downtown Punxsutawney. [...]
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