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Nelson Township crash injures 5-year-old boy

Submitted by WZZM13, News Staff

Tuesday, January 29th, 2013, 8:39am

NELSON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM)- A 5-year-old boy is in the hospital this morning after his mother crashed a family car into a tree.

It happened yesterday around 1:00 p.m. on Pine Lake Avenue, just north of 21 Mile Road in Nelson Township.

The Kent County Sheriff's Department says the woman lost control of her vehicle in the slush on the side of the road, causing her to hit a tree.

The child is being treated for a skull fracture and a bruised lung. He is expected to survive.

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Wolverine Worldwide Family YMCA to host auction

Submitted by WZZM13, News Staff

Sunday, January 27th, 2013, 10:39am

ROCKFORD, Mich. (WZZM)- Wolverine Worldwide Family YMCA is working to help instill change, inspire hope, and ensure brighter futures.

On Friday, an event will benefit the ymca strong kids campaign

Volunteer Coordinator Jennifer Maxon and Wolverine Worldwide Family YMCA's Megan Rich stopped by the Weekend Morning News with details.

The auction will be held at the Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. Headquarters Banquet Room, located at 9341 Courtland Drive in Rockford.

Tickets
$25 presale, $30 at the door. Cash bar available. Space is limited! Please contact Kelly at 616.855.9655.

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Extreme cold makes smooth ride for snowboarders

Submitted by Alex Shabad, Multimedia Journalist

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013, 6:22pm

BELMONT, Mich. (WZZM) - While another day of snow and cold caused a messy commute on Wednesday, it made for a smooth ride at local ski areas. Snowboarders also hit the slopes, saying it's the best winter weather so far this year.

At Cannonsburg Ski and Ride Area, no one is complaining about the snow and cold.

"To have it freeze up and get colder like this was a really nice thing as a snowboarder," says Tucker Vantol.

Snowboarders say the colder temperatures make for faster rides.

"When it gets really cold you have much less resistance of moisture in the air and on the ground," says Nathan Patterson, Vice President of MACkite in Grand Haven.

Up until this week, ski areas were depending a lot on machines to create snow, but snowboarders say it's no replacement for colder temperatures and natural snow.

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Sparta DDA accepting Bids

Submitted by Kal Kamyszek, Part-time Blogger, Part-time Receptionist & Cook on "In the Kitchen w/Kal"

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013, 2:16pm

The Village of Sparta DDA is accepting bids for garden bed maintenance for 2013.

This agreement runs from March 15th through November 10th and includes spring clean-up, annual planting along with regular maintenance of plants and fall clean-up. A full list of details can be found at www.spartami.org

Anyone with questions about the bids can call the Sparta DDA office at 616-887-2454.

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Two hurt in crash with school bus

Submitted by Bob Brenzing, Web Producer

Thursday, January 17th, 2013, 1:31pm

CANNON TWP., Mich. (WZZM) - Belding Road, west of Egypt Valley Avenue, has reopened after a crash involving two cars and a school bus.

Our crew on the scene reports that the bus is a Rockford elementary school bus and that no one on the bus was hurt. Two people from the cars suffered minor injuries.

Michigan State Police tell us that the bus was stopped on the road with its lights flashing to pick up a student. One car behind the bus stopped as well. A second car did not stop in time and hit the car, which was then pushed into the back of the school bus.

The road has reopened.

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Ski area helping supply snow to lakeshore

Submitted by Chris Zoladz, Multi-Media Producer, WZZM 13

Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, 8:07pm

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) - The Winter Sports Complex in Muskegon County is brown, as is most of West Michigan. But after a few phone calls and pleas for help the park's luge track will be open this weekend.

Cannonsburg Ski Area offered the park two huge loads of snow. Tuesday morning the delivery was made.

"White gold is what we call it," says Jim Rudicil.

Without the imported snow, 300 luge reservation for this weekend would have been canceled. Cannonsburg has dozens of snow making machines. 45 yards of the white stuff was offered to the Winter Sports Complex at no charge.

"If we are able to help out and do it to help the winter sports vibe, then we are happy to do it," says John Losey of the Cannonsburg Ski Area.

Muskegon County tourism leaders had made an extra effort this year to attract riders to the luge track with billboards around the state. But the push for visitors made the lack of snow even more stressful for Rudicil.

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Big rise ahead for new home construction

Submitted by WZZM13, News Staff

Thursday, January 10th, 2013, 8:20am

(WZZM) - A new study by the Home Builders Association of Michigan shows local confidence and optimism is way up for buying and and selling, and now more new homes are planned to be built in 2013 than in the past five years.

"The way the books are looking at the store, things are picking up." Tom Schneider can work seven days a week with the work load he's had lately at Rockford Floor Covering Inc. "We did three times the amount of new houses this year than we did in the previous four or five years, so we're happy."

The business is making up for lost time; he didn't work nearly this much during the recession, and not many new homes were built. That's now hurting the quality of homes available to buyers now.

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