Feb 3, 2021
Kent County Circuit Court is preparing to begin limited in-person hearings as trends in positive COVID-19 cases continue to fall.
The Kent County Health Department says the court can begin in-person meetings again on March first.
The court will not be able to hold trials yet as it is not yet safe to bring in jurors.
Officials are looking into possible rapid testing to resume in-person trials.
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UpdatedThu, Jan 28, 2021 at 2:21 pm ET
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Under an archaic Michigan law, Tammy and Jordan Myers must adopt their biological twins born earlier this month to a gestational surrogate, who offered to help the couple for altruistic reasons and who hasn t made a legal claim on the babies. (Shutterstock)
GRAND RAPIDS, MI A decades-old anti-surrogacy law that hasn t kept pace with advances in fertility treatment means a Michigan couple will have to go through the expensive and time-consuming process of adopting their 2-week-old biological twins.
No one doubts that Jordan and Tammy Myers are the biological parents of Eames Alexander and Ellison Erin Jewel Myers, born Jan. 11 at Helen DeVos Children s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Sex for T-shirt or gift card: Offer has repeat offender facing decades in prison
Jeramy Vanderkodde was on probation for soliciting a 12-year-old girl for sex when police say he arranged a hookup with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. Author: John Hogan Updated: 6:30 PM EST January 21, 2021
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. A sex offender on probation is back behind bars, accused of offering a 14-year-old girl a T-shirt or a gaming gift card in exchange for sex.
Unbeknownst to Jeramy Lee Vanderkodde, there was no 14-year-old girl, just a Kent County sheriff’s detective playing the part.
VanderKodde was arrested when he showed up for a pre-arranged meeting – gaming gift card in hand.
Man who fondled himself at Wyoming health club faces 2 years in prison
Wyoming police on Jan. 4 arrested David Trevon Davis; investigators say he did knowingly make an open or indecent exposure of himself. Author: John Hogan Updated: 6:45 PM EST January 13, 2021
WYOMING, Mich. A Grand Rapids man is accused of exposing and fondling himself at a health club on 28th Street SW in Wyoming.
The incident happened Jan. 4 when David Trevon Davis made “an open or indecent exposure of his person while exposing his genitals,’’ according to court records.
Davis, 25, had an appearance Wednesday in Wyoming District Court. His case was bound over to Kent County Circuit Court.
Partnership continues focus on student emotional, mental health
Chronic absenteeism symptom of broader issue, leaders say
All districts As more knowledge and resources become available, the Kent County School-Justice Partnership continues to prioritize the physical, emotional and mental health of students.
Mandated by then-Gov. Rick Snyder in 2013, the Kent School-Justice Partnership works to keep children in school to combat the high-school dropout-to-prison pipeline.
As one of the key leaders, Kent County Circuit Court judge Kathleen Feeney believes the partnership’s approach to keeping students in school has become more actively trauma-informed in the last 10 years, resulting from more conversations about students’ lives outside of school.