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Hello, Grand Rapids: Why a rezoning to attract big retailers like Trader Joe’s got denied
A look at big and interesting headlines in the Grand Rapids area this week.
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3mTeens argue with adults over use of pickleball courts: Highland Heights Police Blotter
The recreation director reported June 24 that three boys were bothering adults at the pickleball courts at the city park. Responding officers found that the 15-year-old boys were on the courts and had argued with the adults when told they had to leave because the courts were reserved for a league that was about to begin.
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5mNew Keego Harbor council member appointed after resignation
Williams said she wanted to create a stabilizing effect on the council to allow the five other applicants time to decide if they want to run for the seat in November.
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2mSurvivor rescued from under 140 tons of earthquake rubble after 8 days: ‘Truly a miracle’
The official death toll is nearing 2,600 after the Venezuela twin earthquakes.
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4mN.J. city may be hotter than everywhere else. Here’s how its dealing with the heatwave.
Newark registered New Jersey’s hottest temperature in nearly a century on July 22, 2011, when the mercury rose to 108. This week will feel just as hot.
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5mLast legal obstacle for Trump administration to replace slavery exhibit at Independence Park removed
An appeals court approved the proposed panels, which historians criticized for whitewashing George Washington’s own culpability in the enslavement of nine people in his Philadelphia home.