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Kent County reports Grand River flood damage rises to $10.6M
Kent County has reported that $2.6 million in damage has been done to public properties located outside of the city of Grand Rapids from the flooding of the Grand River.
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Feds back restoring rapids to Grand River
The expansion of a program for restoring and improving urban waterways nationwide is expected to boost efforts to restore rapids to the Grand River in Grand Rapids.
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Grand River flood leaves Kent County in 'state of disaster'
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has declared Kent County as being in a “state of disaster,” following the severe flooding of the Grand River last month.
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Kent County estimates $6M in Grand River flood damage
The Kent County Equalization Bureau has filed a preliminary report on the property damage stemming from the flooding of the Grand River.
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Grand Rapids asks businesses to submit flood-damage surveys
Grand Rapids city commissioners extended the city’s state-of-emergency status this morning, following the flooding of the Grand River nearly two weeks ago.
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Local government responds to call during Grand River flood
Whether it’s getting a parking ticket or having to fill out a tax return, people normally complain about government: how inept it is, how unresponsive it can be — and how it needs to buy a few vowels from Vanna to get a clue on how to handle financial matters.
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Flooding aftermath will require same spirit of cooperation
Residents and business owners throughout the Grand Valley region likely may have reflected recently on Michigan’s nickname “water wonderland,” but the beauty of a land surrounded by the world’s largest bodies of fresh water is given depth of meaning by the people who live here.
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Rainfall hasn’t hurt county’s agriculture sector
Farmers and growers find themselves in a better condition this spring than last.
(As seen on WZZM TV 13) Although the recent torrential rains made life miserable for property owners along the swollen banks of the Grand River, the county’s growers and farmers are in relatively good shape because this spring’s temperatures have been cooler than normal.
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Street Talk: Water, water everywhere — and lots of sandbags, too
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Last week’s unprecedented 1,500-volunteer sandbag effort in support of the city of Grand Rapids’ Environmental Services Department was essentially organized over the course of a one-story stair climb following Mayor George Heartwell’s first emergency press conference at City Hall, and later deployed from the back of a speaker hall.
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Grand Rapids Wastewater Plant averts flood crisis
Mike Lunn and his team at the Grand Rapids Wastewater Plant are exhausted.
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