By WKTV Staff
ken@wktv.org
Quote of the Day
It is good to learn from your mistakes. It is better to learn from other people’s mistakes.
Warren Buffett
Veterans tell their story
Federal, state, county and city government leaders and representatives listened to veterans telling their inspiring stories and express their concerns about government services Monday, Nov. 11, as the Wyoming-Kentwood Area Chamber of Commerce’s Government Matters Committee’s monthly forum was fittingly held at Kentwood’s AMVETS Post 23. Get the link the video here .
Survivor tells his story
Eighty-one years have passed since the Kristainancht took place in Germany and Holocaust survivor Martin Lowenberg can still see the synagogues burning. Here’s the complete story.
Listening to others’ stories
On the latest episode of WKTV Journal In Focus, we talk two members of Grand Rapids HQ, a drop-in center for youth ages 14-24 in housing crisis, including but not limited to LGBTQ-plus youth. And their first job is to listen. Find a like to the video here.
(Not so) fun fact:
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The face of homelessness in Michigan is looking younger. The Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness reports more than 65,000 people in this state are homeless. About one percent of those are unaccompanied minors. And the number is slowly rising.
