Wolverine devoting $40M to PFAS response
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Wolverine Worldwide says it will commit $40 million over the next several years to dealing with the toxic tap water crisis in northern Kent County. The Rockford-based shoe...
View ArticleFake lawyer has history of scams in W MI
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jeffrey Deans says he’s still trying to get his money back from Tony Wilkins. “I thought he was an attorney,” Deans told Target 8 investigators. He said he was introduced...
View ArticleWolverine asks judge to dismiss all PFAS lawsuits
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Faced with lawsuits claiming its PFAS contamination caused three deaths, as well as miscarriages, cancers and other illnesses, Wolverine Worldwide on Monday said it...
View ArticleFeds fight unsafe ‘chameleon’ trucking companies
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Federal authorities are doing more to weed out trucking carriers that operate multiple companies and show a pattern of disregard for safety rules. But Target 8...
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Businessman goes MIA with customers’ pianos
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Nicole Smith has always loved her John Broadwood & Sons piano. “It was my grandfather’s in England. It was shipped to the United States several years ago after my...
View ArticleAfter 8 years, state’s first PFAS site leads to lake foam, fears
OSCODA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — In the year since the Wolverine Worldwide PFAS crisis started in northern Kent County, the likely carcinogen has turned up in hundreds of wells and in the blood of some...
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Giant ‘fish tank’ filters clean PFAS from MI’s first known site
OSCODA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — It works like a giant fish tank filter, and it’s clearing out some of the likely carcinogen from Michigan’s first known PFAS site. The question is whether the system...
View ArticleHeroin’s homeless: 20 minutes in a fast food bathroom
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — You see them panhandling on the street corner nearly every day. But it’s what you don’t see that reveals the depth of the opioid crisis and the desperation it has wrought....
View ArticleOutside GR methadone clinic: Opioid war’s front lines
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The front lines of the opioid war form in pre-dawn darkness outside West Michigan’s six methadone clinics. “I get up, no matter how sick I am,” Patrick Pierce told Target...
View ArticleGR woman who inspired thousands shares how she got clean
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Kelly Galbraith never had a problem revealing the rock-bottom depths from which she clawed her way back. But she couldn’t bring herself to talk about the tool that helped...
View ArticlePlainfield Twp. considers joining PFAS lawsuit
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The Plainfield Township board is preparing to play hardball with Wolverine Worldwide over the PFAS crisis that has spread through northern Kent County. The board...
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Woman gets piano back from absent businessman
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — On Monday, for the first time in more than three years, Nicole Smith laid eyes on her beloved piano — a rare John Broadwood & Sons that has been in her family for...
View ArticlePFAS found in Ken Kolker’s blood: So what now?
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — I have PFAS in my blood. It’s there, at slightly higher levels than the national average for one of the PFAS compounds. The question is: What does it mean? “I would say...
View ArticleLost house shows perils of land contract sales
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids man is warning other homeowners to be careful before getting involved in a land contract. Some of his property was seized when a deal went wrong. In 2010,...
View ArticleState fails to notify residents of unsafe PFAS in fish
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — State tests found unsafe levels of PFAS in fish in a lake near Wolverine Worldwide’s old House Street dump north of Grand Rapids four months ago, but officials...
View ArticleHeroin’s homeless: ‘He can’t go down like this’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — As Stacy Peck watched Target 8’s searing portrait of heroin’s homeless, she couldn’t believe her eyes. She recognized the desperate man in front of the camera. “I said,...
View ArticleAlgoma Twp. joining PFAS lawsuit v. Wolverine
ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Algoma Township is joining the federal lawsuit against Wolverine Worldwide over PFAS contamination in residential wells. Neighboring Plainfield Township voted late last...
View ArticleKent County sees record opioid deaths in 2017
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Kent County Health Department says a record number of people died as a result of opioids in Kent County last year, with indications for 2018 pointing toward another...
View ArticleState approves $750K to clean Plainfield Twp. water
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP (WOOD) — The state will pay up to $750,000 for a system to filter PFAS, a likely carcinogen, from Plainfield Township’s municipal water system. Township Superintendent Cameron Van...
View ArticleHomeowners with PFAS wonder why taxes going up
ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — For those living in the areas in northern Kent County impacted by PFAS contamination, recent property assessment increases that translate to higher taxes seem like a...
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