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Over the weekend emergency crews responded to reports of a flipped kayak on the Grand River downtown Grand Rapids. WZZM-13 reports that shortly after 5p.m. on Sunday, crews found a kayaker standing in water under the Bridge Street bridge, hanging on to a pillar.

Monday, Spartanburg, SC Police Officer Cody Garrett was on duty when a call came in that someone had heard an animal under a dumpster crying.  So police responded and found an abandoned kitten, so they brought her back to the station.  When Officer Garrett returned to the station he offered to give the kitten a forever home, because another cat he rescued was nursing kittens “Another officer had f

With it being July and 'Shark Week' is a big TV  event for most people, it is safe to say that sharks don't have the best history. That has somewhat changed after a video has gone viral of a great white shark that was  beached in Cape Cod...

Meet Pancake the most adorable little kitty who has something special about her, she only has two legs. Pancake was born with a skeletal deformity that left her with no right leg and a left leg that is folded up and cannot be used for walking.

Marina Tarashevsce, an animal rescue worker in Dallas, has been trying to catch a stray dog for weeks. Then the dog wouldn't stop barking last week, and she noticed he wasn't with a female dog he usually ran around with. So she and another dog trainer went to investigate.

We are hilighting a local organization this morning called Keiffer and Friends If you don't know what they are about then you are missing out. Keiffer's Rescue Center is a local non profit organization that exists to educate the community and adopt dogs in the West Michigan Community...

It's not too often that you get to see a Sloth up close and personal! These little guys are in an animal orphanage in Costa Rica and have either been separated from their mom's because she was hit by a car or simply taken from her babies. Meet Annie, Taz (short for Tasmania, and the one pictured on the left) and Doogie.

Lake Michigan rocks, literally!  Yesterday, the Coast Guard was busy pulling swimmers out of the water due to a strong rip current and high waves that either carried people out too far or slammed them into the rocks along the harbor in Holland...

Everyday, Channel 957 sends a shout out to you about nominating a child for our annual Community Kids Award that is made possible by the Michigan Dental Association. Today, a Jenison Boy Scout is highlighted as the perfect example of what this award is all about ... doing something for someone other that yourself, a selfless act.