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Ex-LPN investigated 2 years before child’s death
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Police reports show that a former nurse who admitted to stealing drugs from a boy who later died has been investigated for stealing medication before. Former licensed...
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Target 8: Company responds after botched bathroom job in Musk. Twp.
MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Muskegon Township couple who paid to have a handicapped-accessible shower installed in their home is still waiting to use it, after they say the contractor who...
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Couple looking at $20K bill to fix bungled roofing job
IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) — What started as a simple roofing job has turned into a nightmare for an Ionia couple. They hired a business known as Upton's Quality Construction to do the work, but now they...
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Unlicensed builder charged criminally in botched roof job
IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) — One day after Target 8 exposed a contractor accused of preying on an Ionia couple, prosecutors charged him with operating without a residential builder’s license. If convicted of...
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Emergency prompted alert about pole barn surgery
GANGES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A medical emergency at the pole barn-tuned-doctor’s office in the community of Glenn prompted Allegan County authorities to put out an alert warning the public. Despite...
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Secret meetings in GR: Big issues, public not allowed
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Weeks and sometimes months before Grand Rapids city commissioners cast public votes on important issues — from roads to panhandling to backyard chickens — they meet...
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Former Grand Rapids city attorney questions secret meetings
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids’ former city attorney is questioning secret meetings held regularly by city commissioners. Catherine Mish, who served eight years as city attorney, is now...
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GR commissioners seek answers over secret meetings
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Two Grand Rapids city commissioners said they want to know the legality of secret commission meetings in response to a Target 8 investigation. “Not only should we look...
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Target 8: Can a used car dealer keep your down payment?
KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — When a crash wrecked Summer Lodewyk’s car, her hunt for a replacement put her in the center of a dispute over when a vehicle dealer can keep your down payment. She says she...
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Builders donate roof to sketchy roofer’s victims
IONIA, Mich. (WOOD) — A month after Target 8 exposed an unlicensed builder accused of taking advantage of an Ionia couple, several companies have stepped in to help the desperate homeowners. “They’re...
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Appeals Court: Titus won’t get new murder trial
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The state Court of Appeals has ruled that Jeff Titus — the Kalamazoo County man convicted of killing two hunters near his land in November 1990 — is not entitled to a new...
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After dealer dispute, woman gets cash and car
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After Summer Lodewyk’s old car was trashed in a crash and a car dealership kept the only money she had for a down payment, a different metro Grand Rapids dealer stepped up...
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Woman mistakenly declared dead by Social Security
LAKEVIEW, Mich. (WOOD) — A woman from Lakeview who was declared dead by the Social Security Administration is very much alive. But because the government said otherwise, her bank account and credit...
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Doctor accused of sex with patient in more trouble
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A doctor who already has a suspended medical license was again penalized by the state after new allegations were filed against him. Dr. Donald Hardman was exposed by...
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Bills would make CPS tape interviews with kids
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — On a sunny, early spring day in Lansing, Cary Flagg was itching for a fight. “I can’t fight legally anymore for my kids. Now I fight for other parents,” he said. The...
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Underground profits: Nestle’s clutch on Michigan water
STANWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will soon decide whether or not to approve Nestle’s permit application to increase its pumping limits to 400 gallons per...
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Dirty Dining: Target 8 investigates Kent Co. restaurant violations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Roaches, mice, dangerously cold food, old bandages, fingernail clippings, a rat tail. Nothing you’ll find on the menu at your favorite restaurant. But that’s just some of...
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Dirty Dining: Kent County’s worst violators
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) -- When Kent County health inspectors shut down the popular downtown Grand Rapids XO Asian Cuisine, they called it unprecedented. They had found all kinds of conditions that...
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Dirty Dining: Target 8 tests find potentially ‘hazardous’ buffet
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — The buffet at Oriental Asian Buffet is a big draw, with steam tables offering up everything from frog legs to salmon to crab rangoons. But Oriental Asian Buffet, also known as...
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Dirty Dining: No. 1 violator hidden behind alias
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — The sign on the restaurant reads Oriental Asian Buffet. That’s also the name listed on the menu. That’s how customers know the restaurant on Clyde Park Avenue SW in Wyoming....
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