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Forest Hills Northern students heading 'Back to the Eighties'

Submitted by Christa Graban, Producer
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013, 1:38pm
Forest Hills Northern students heading 'Back to the Eighties'

FOREST HILLS, Mich.-- Students at Forest Hills Northern High School are heading Back to the Eighties with their newest production.

Back to the Eighties follows the graduating class of William Ocean High School as they go through the joy, heartbreak, love and loneliness that growing up brings.  The show is set to some of the biggest hits of the 80s. 

The performance will take place inside the Northern High auditorium on April 25 and 26 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at the door will cost $6 for students 18 and under and $8 for adults. 

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Prepare for backups! MDOT releases 2013 project schedule

Submitted by Christa Graban, Producer
Monday, April 1st, 2013, 3:38pm

 

 (Michigan Department of Transportation) -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will invest $100 million in the MDOT Grand Region in 2013 to improve 191 route miles of roadway and 25 bridges.

In addition, $93 million of statewide funding is planned for the construction of the new M-231 route and connections in Ottawa County. MDOT's Grand Region transportation system includes all I, US and M routes in the following eight counties: Ionia, Kent, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana and Ottawa.

  "There is much to be done and this year’s program strategically addresses maintaining our system and improving operations," said MDOT Region Engineer Roger Safford.

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Free museums on April 21

Submitted by Bob Brenzing, Web Producer
Monday, April 1st, 2013, 12:59pm

GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM) - If you need a little fun and culture later this month, there is a day to do it - for free!

On Sunday, April 21st, the four major downtown museums will be open to the public at no charge.  The museums included are the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), the Grand Rapids Children's Museum, the Grand Rapids Public Museum, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

The day-long event is sponsored by Ada based Amway.  Amway also sponsored last year's event and will have volunteers at each location.

 

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Writers Conference Aims to Encourage New Talent - April 20

Submitted by Candice Fleszar... on Sunday, March 31st, 11:00 am
Writers Conference Aims to Encourage New Talent - April 20

Writers Conference Aims to Encourage New Talent

Kent District Library will host “Celebrate the Mitten” from 9 AM to 2:30 PM on Saturday, April 20, our second annual Michigan writers conference aimed at highlighting the state’s home-grown literary talent and encouraging new talent.

This free, half-day event, at the Cascade Township branch’s Wisner Center, features local publishing insiders and authors who will lead sessions on:

  • How to market your book
  • Out-of-the-box ways to make money as an author
  • Traditional vs.
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Police: Serial car burglar on the loose

Submitted by Chris Zoladz, Multi-Media Producer, WZZM 13
Friday, March 29th, 2013, 6:52pm

KENT COUNTY, Mich. (WZZM) -- Detectives are looking for one of two suspects in a string of vehicle break-ins targeting third shift workers.

Kent County Sheriff's Deputies believe Emmanuel Ventura of Comstock Park and Angel Osorio of Saranac are responsible for thefts from vehicles parked outside businesses in Plainfield and Cascade townships. Investigators are still trying to track down Osorio.

The crimes happened over the past four months. Detectives say the suspects would take purses and wallets and use the victims' credit cards to buy gift cards and fuel.

Workers at Trademark Die and Engineering believe the same thieves were also siphoning gas from their vehicles.

Deputies have recovered some of the $5,000 worth of stolen property, but a .40 caliber handgun remains missing. Anyone with information in this case is asked to call Silent Observer at (616) 774-2345.

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System aims to curb de-icing fluid runoff at GRR

Submitted by Chris Zoladz, Multi-Media Producer, WZZM 13
Friday, March 29th, 2013, 10:29am

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- Plans call for a $19 million treatment system to curb the runoff of de-icing fluid from Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids.

MLive.com reports (http://bit.ly/YjHcMq) the project was outlined Thursday by airport Executive Director Brian Ryks to the Kent County Commission.

The compound used to melt snow and ice on aircraft has been a concern after the state Department of Environmental Quality ordered the airport in 2010 to reduce its contribution to a film reported floating atop a tributary of the Thornapple River and Plaster Creek.

The project is scheduled to be completed by late 2015.
The airport uses an estimated 87,000 of the compound each winter flying season, with some 26,000 gallons of it running through the airport's storm water drainage system.

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Pressure problem forces plane's unplanned landing

Submitted by Matt Campbell, Executive Producer
Friday, March 29th, 2013, 10:29am

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) -- A Delta Airlines jet has made an unscheduled landing in Grand Rapids after an in-flight mechanical problem.

Delta flight 1392 from Salt Lake City to Boston diverted to Gerald R. Ford International Airport after suffering a pressurization problem, says airport spokesman Phil Johnson.

The Airbus A320 landed safely at 10:15 p.m. Thursday and taxied to a gate at the terminal.  Johnson says none of the 153 people on the flight was injured.

Delta already has another A320 at the airport, and will transfer the Boston-bound passengers to that plane to complete their journey.

Johnson expects the original Airbus to be repaired for flights tomorrow.

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