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MI House OKs bill on using uncertified car parts
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A bill that will change how your car gets fixed at the repair shop is making its way through the state legislature. Currently, repair shops have a choice when they buy...
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Target 8: GR station not open when train comes in
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Taxpayers paid millions of dollars to build the Grand Rapids Amtrak Station, but tips led Target 8 to uncover that they may not be getting their money’s worth. That’s...
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Target 8: Convicted criminal won’t be fixing your washer
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) – When your appliance breaks down and the manufacturer recommends a specific repair person to fix it, you assume the repair person passed the manufacturer’s background checks....
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GR vets home audit: Missed checks, botched investigations
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD/AP) — A state audit says workers at a Grand Rapids veterans home falsely claimed they were checking on patients after being alerted of possible falls, failed to properly...
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Target 8: Frustrated Samsung customers sound off
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — One day after a Target 8 investigation prompted Samsung to cut ties with a convicted criminal turned “authorized” repairman, more dissatisfied customers are speaking out....
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Jodi’s murder: Making a monster
CONSTANTINE, Mich. (WOOD) -- Police lied repeatedly to the man they suspected in the death of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack as they tried to get him to confess to a murder they later would learn he didn't...
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Former UK detective: Police lies in Parrack case not ‘credible’
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A former detective who now teaches criminal justice at Grand Valley State University cringed as he watched video recordings of police interrogations during the Jodi...
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Target 8: Reliable repair?
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Secretary of State’s office says it is determined to stop auto repair businesses flagged by the state from repeatedly renewing their licenses. Target 8 became...
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High-profile attorney joins fight for Ray McCann
CONSTANTINE, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s West Michigan’s own version of “Making a Murderer,” and now the story is taking a true-life turn. In the small village of Constantine, police spent years making a...
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Target 8: Missed chance to catch Jodi’s killer 6 years sooner
CONSTANTINE, Mich. (WOOD) — Almost two years to the day 11-year-old Jodi Parrack was murdered, investigators had their best chance to catch her killer. It was an opportunity missed. On Nov. 18, 2009,...
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Dark, grainy video key to McCann perjury case
CONSTANTINE, Mich. (WOOD) — Whether Raymond McCann’s perjury conviction in the Jodi Parrack murder case can be overturned could come down to video captured on a surveillance camera at a creamery. The...
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Target 8 revisits the eyesore next door
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – A year after Target 8 investigated bank-owned homes that became neighborhood eyesores, several dilapidated houses remain empty and off the market. In February 2015, Target...
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Target 8: Money crisis threatens adult foster care
ALPINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Money cuts have forced a Grand Rapids-area adult foster care home to close — and others could follow. It’s a crisis that threatens the care of some of the community’s...
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Bath night for Flint woman: A 15-minute drive
FLINT, Mich. (WOOD) -- Every other night is bath night for 76-year-old Lela Lovelace, which means packing an overnight bag and leaving her home in Flint. "Are you getting ready to go?" Lovelace asked...
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Target 8: Samsung makes good with fed up customers
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — If you find yourself wrangling with a big name brand over a broken appliance, don’t give up until you call Target 8. After our investigators exposed that a Samsung-recommended...
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Target 8: ‘Con’ tractors Exposed
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) -- It’s every homeowner’s nightmare: you pay a contractor to repair your home and they never finish the work. That nightmare is a reality for more than a dozen customers of a...
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Target 8 alert: Car buyers victimized by ‘yo-yo’ financing
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) -- When you buy a vehicle -- especially a used one -- you’re always taking a bit of a risk. But the battle one West Michigan buyer ended up fighting was beyond anything...
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Target 8: Beware of no-show plow driver turned contractor
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) -- When you need work done on your home, hiring the wrong person for the job can cost you big. One West Michigan woman learned that firsthand. “I just don’t want this to...
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Target 8: Convicted contractor may be at it again
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) -- Chris Bradburn was trying to get some help with the details of his basement renovation, so the Grand Rapids man went online. He found a guy on Craigslist named Tony Mason...
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Doctor admits defrauding insurance on pain meds
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A doctor and former state lawmaker could spend time in a federal prison after admitting billing an insurance company for pain medication he knew it did not cover. Dr. Paul...
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