'Corrective action' taken after doctors posted operation photos on Instagram
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Spectrum Health says it has taken "corrective action" regarding doctors involved in posting an organ and tissue from surgery patients on Instagram. "We completed a...
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Jail deputies going to trial in Muskegon inmate's death
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Four Muskegon County Jail deputies are going to trial after an inmate died on their watch in 2019. The case against a former nurse has been dismissed. The third day of...
View ArticleHigh-end home builder accused of ripping off buyers, subcontractors
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — In several pricey neighborhoods around Kent County, half-built dream homes sit abandoned, and the families who invested in them are devastated. The builder, Infiniti...
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Under God, Divisible: Political conflict deepens rift among Christians
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Amy Wigger believes God already decided how many days we have on this earth. But she also believes in science and protecting the most vulnerable among us. “I do believe...
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No charges for man who killed woman, said he hit deer
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — An elderly Kentwood man who hit a woman with his car, killing her, and then called 911 to report he had hit a deer will not face criminal charges. Page Stokes, 32, was run...
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Scouts Dishonor: The legacy of one Boy Scouts volunteer
AUGUSTA, Mich. (WOOD) — Kenneth Struble was just 8, a Cub Scout, when a Boy Scouts of America volunteer with a history of sexual assault molested him at a summer camp in Kalamazoo County. He learned...
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Target 8: Rockford-area contractor accused of taking cash, not delivering
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Becki Agar didn't want it to come to this. "I always gave him the benefit of the doubt," the Rockford homeowner told Target 8, referring to her interactions with Matthew James...
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'Christmas miracle' after contractor allegedly ripped off Rockford family
ROCKFORD, Mich. (WOOD) — Becki Agar feels like she's living a Hallmark movie. "I'm just so amazed at the kindness and generosity of people," remarked Becki, standing in her bustling basement Thursday...
View ArticleAG Nessel opens investigation into Grand Rapids toy business
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids toy company is being investigated by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Planetary Toys and its website, Treasure Trove, had almost 90 complaints filed...
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Anti-Trump FB rant posted by FBI agent on Whitmer kidnapping case
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — One of the lead FBI agents on the federal kidnapping case involving Michigan’s governor didn’t just betray the badge off-duty, he also showed questionable judgment online by...
View ArticleFired FBI agent accepts plea deal, sentenced to 2 days time served for...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A fired FBI agent who worked to investigate the plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has accepted a plea agreement for charges of assaulting his wife. Richard Trask told the...
View ArticleOttawa County body known only as ‘Matilda’ may finally have a name
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — She had been known to local detectives only as Matilda — a name they gave her after hunters discovered her body 27 years ago in a ditch. But now, thanks to recent...
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Genealogy testing finally puts name to 'Ada bones'
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For nearly 25 years, the remains of a woman found near Grand Rapids have been referred to only as the Ada bones, her face only an approximation in clay. Now, authorities...
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Kent County's youngest killer free from court supervision
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Kent County's youngest convicted killer is now free from court supervision after a Thursday hearing. In 2014, Jamarion Lawhorn was on a Kentwood playground and randomly...
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DNA breakthroughs give new hope to daughter of missing mom
HASTINGS, Mich. (WOOD) — Ashley Copelin was 2 months old when her mom left the family home in Barryton, a small village east of Big Rapids, for a gallon of milk. They were living with grandpa and...
View ArticleGRPD: City worker embezzled $63K, skimmed from auto auctions
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A former city employee who oversaw the public auction of impounded vehicles is accused of embezzling $63,388. A Grand Rapids spokesperson told News 8 the worker, Lenee...
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Muskegon County signs new jail health vendor for $500K more annually
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Muskegon County will pay about $2 million a year to a private company to provide medical care at the jail and its juvenile detention center — a little less than the cost of...
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Watchdog: Mom-son murder-suicide exposed flaws in system to protect kids
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The murder-suicide deaths of a 39-year-old Grand Rapids woman and her 11-year-old son exposed flaws in the system that was meant to protect the boy from his suicidal mom,...
View ArticleBody known only as ‘Matilda’ identified as missing MN woman
WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Twenty-seven years after her body was found in a ditch in Ottawa County, the woman who was known to detectives only as Matilda has been identified. Thanks to...
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MSP retirees: Suspension of benefits program 'huge slap in the face'
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A pay-it-forward program that benefits families of fallen state troopers has stopped paying. Target 8 has learned Michigan State Police quietly suspended the agency's...
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