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Experts say the lack of childcare options in West Michigan is now a crisis, citing recent surveys of workers and business leaders
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President Joe Biden has approved Michigan’s request for a disaster declaration for storm damage from August 2023
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A judge in Ionia County stacked two 35-year terms for Mandy Benn, making for a rare consecutive punishment in Michigan courts. Police said Benn was under the influence of drugs when she crossed the center line and hit a group of bicyclists on a rural road.
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Starting today, Silent Observer will start taking anonymous tips for Ionia County. Before today, Silent Observer received tips from many areas around West Michigan, but specifically targeted unsolved crimes in Kent County.
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Saranac in Ionia County and Hartford in Van Buren County are the latest to make the change.
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In a joint news release, Public Health Departments in Kent, Ionia, Ottawa and Muskegon Counties jointly stated, “The Local Health Departments continue to…
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A woman charged with second-degree murder in the death of a state trooper was drunk and driving around 100 mph at the time of a crash last summer,…
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The Ionia County Commission had been considering a resolution to support the proposed facility.But commissioners tabled the resolution after a number of…
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The federal government is proposing a detention center in western Michigan to hold as many as 600 men accused of violating immigration laws.The site is a…