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Senior home worker arrested for sex assaults

WYOMING, Mich. (WZZM) -- Police say a maintenance worker at a senior apartment complex has been arrested for inappropriately touching residents.

Gilbert Schwenk, 60,  appeared in Wyoming's 62nd District Court Thursday morning, where he was formally charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct and misdemeanor assault and battery.

Officers say Schwenk allegedly had "inappropriate contact" with a woman living in the Pine Oak Apartments on 36th St. SW.  After conducting interviews, detectives found more victims.

During the Thursday morning hearing, Judge Steven Timmers ordered that Schwenk is prohibited from having any contact with the victims.  The judge released Schwenk on a $5,000 personal recognisance bond.

Wyoming detectives are seeking more leads in the case.  Anyone with information is asked to call them at (616) 560-7300.

City Manager's Blog - New Communication Tools

This past week, the City of Wyoming joined Facebook.  As the mayor always says, “Be informed and be involved,” and we expect our Facebook page to serve as another tool in helping our citizens to do that. We will be providing Wyoming news, information and events updates through our Facebook page.  By utilizing Facebook we can have instantaneous access to all those who choose to be better informed by utilizing this great social platform.

The City of Wyoming is constantly trying to reach out to provide up-to-date and timely information to our citizens.  Facebook is a great tool for that; however, as much as we hope to utilize Facebook, we will also continue to utilize our website, www.wyomingmi.gov, our local media outlets and WKTV to provide valuable information to our residents, and hope you will continue to utilize those outlets as well.

New Wyoming YMCA offers Sports Medicine Clinic

WYOMING, Mich. (WZZM) - If you live in Southern Kent County then you have another tool to help you get in shape and stay healthy.

The new $19-million Spartan Stores YMCA opened Wednesday. The facility offers what many of the other eight YMCA's in Kent County do; a fitness center, fitness classes, indoor track, swimming pool among many other amenities. But the most unique offering is the new Sports Medicine Center located on the top floor.

It's run by Metro Health's Sports Medicine Clinic doctors who have been practicing in the field for 15 years. Now Dr. Ed Kornoelje says they have a place to diagnose, treat and provide therapy for athletes of all ages and skill levels.  He say, "Anybody who's active can come here anybody who wants to be active and isn't active can come here. We're out in the community doing things and so the long term goal for us is to stay in the community."

City of Wyoming Warns Residents of Unnecessary Water Service Line Coverage Offer

Wyoming, Mich., August 10, 2011 – Recently, residents of the City of Wyoming may have received a letter from HomeServe, an independent home repair company, regarding purchasing water service line coverage to protect them in the case of a water service line repair or replacement. The coverage is unnecessary as Wyoming residents are not held responsible for these costs and residents are advised to disregard this letter.

The City of Wyoming maintains typical residential single family or duplex water services (less than 100 ft in length) all the way to the water meter inside the home.  The City responds to these emergencies 24 hours a day and will complete the utility repair at no cost to the resident.  They also perform all yard restoration work as soon as weather permits.

Wyoming Online Program Still Going Strong

Wyoming Online Program Still Going Strong

Graduation from Wyoming Public Schools’ Frontiers program was achieved by 24 students this past school year.  Four of those 20 can say they finished high school in less than 4 years.  Some others, who did stay for the full four years got a jump start on college and earned credits through dual enrollment options.  A total of 82 students were enrolled in the program during the 2010-2011 school year in grade levels ranging from 10th-12th.

Wyoming Burger King robbed Sunday

WYOMING, Mich. (WZZM)- Police say two men robbed a Wyoming fast food restaurant by going through the drive-thru window. 

Employees were closing the Burger King in the 600 block of 28th Street around 12:45 Sunday morning when the men came in through the window.  They confronted two employees and then ran away with cash.

Police say the black suspect wore a ski mask and the white suspect wore a skeleton mask and white gloves.  One had a handgun and the other a sawed-off shotgun. 

Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Wyoming Police or Silent Observer at (616) 774-2345.

Wyoming Adopts Sustainability Definition

Recently, the City of Wyoming adopted a definition for the word "sustainability." The definition respects the importance that Wyoming has placed on building a sustainable community, and will be used as a guide in future decision making by the city council and city staff.

The new definition is as follows: The advancement and promotion, with equal priority, of environmental quality, economic strength, and social equity so that a stable and vibrant community can be assured for current and future generations.

"Acknowledging the different ideas of sustainability that exist, it became clear that we must have a uniform definition to work with," said Curtis Holt, city manager.
"In order to make sure that we all focus on the same end game when discussing this concept and are not limited by focusing just on our own 'version' of what we mean, I asked a group of employees to help the council define sustainability for the city."