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Jun 9, 2012 | Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Old friend works to rename M-71 in Shiawassee County after fallen WWII veteran

Jim Springs has long wanted to honor the young man who lived just down the street from him when they were boys in Vernon.

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Mon May 28, 2012

MLive.com

WWII veteran honored with renaming of M-71 in Shiawassee County's village of Vernon

The Michigan House approved legislation that will name M-71 in the village of Vernon after one of its fallen sons.

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Wed Sep 28, 2011

The Times Herald

Man guilty in cold case death of Shiawassee County woman

VERNON TWP. - A man already serving time in prison on a drug conviction has been convicted of murdering a 20-year-old Shiawassee County woman whose body was found more than a decade ago.

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Wed Sep 14, 2011

MLive.com

Shiawassee County murder trial to begin next week

The murder trial of Laurencio Rodriguez, accused of killing 20-year-old Rachel Scott in July, 2000 in Vernon Township, is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

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Wed Jul 20, 2011

Lake Orion Review

Jim's Jottings

I was raised on a farm. Well, that's not exactly correct. What my dad did was not exactly "farming." He liked farming, but we never rented more than 40 acres.

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