Air Force Airman 1st Class Brooke M. Streelman graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four [...]
Eleanor Porter Grifhorst—a very special wife, mother, and grandmother—will turn 90 on December 10. She was born on December 10, 1922 in Rockford, Michigan to John and Lorna DeBoer. Eleanor graduated from Rockford High School. She married Darcy Porter on December 20, 1940. They were married for 50 years, most of which was spent farming [...]
SPC Zachary A. Shanafelt, age 24 (06/23/1988 – 11/21/2012), passed away while bravely and honorably serving his country in the U.S. Army. He was a 2006 graduate of Creston High School where he attended four years of ROTC achieving the rank of LTC and becoming the Battalion Commander. SPC Shanafelt entered the service in the [...]
Reale (Belmont) Mrs. Ruth Ann Reale, (our tough little Mema) passed away while surrounded by her family on Saturday morning, November 24, 2012, after a lengthy illness. She was born in Sandusky Ohio , started her family in Toledo and moved to Rockford in 1980. Ruth and her husband were the owners of the Squires [...]
For the third year in a row, Kent District Library has been recognized as one of America’s Star Libraries, as rated by the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. KDL was one of only four libraries in Michigan to receive this honor. Ann Arbor District Library, Bloomfield Township Public Library and Plymouth District Library [...]
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