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20 hrs ago | MLive.com

West Michigan police employ high-tech devices in pursuit of bad guys

Police from eight Montcalm County police agencies have been outfitted with 24 high-definition "Scorpion" personal video cameras.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Kentwood, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Grand Rapids, MI

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Ann Arbor News

$1.15M in federal CDBG grants to support 3 West Michigan manufacturers, spur 119 new jobs

A catwalk manufactured by Marshall's Johnson System Inc. The company won a federal grant to diversify into wind turbine tower production.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Greenville, MI, Sheridan, MI

Thu Nov 05, 2009

WWMT-TV Kalamazoo

Grants for job creation announced

WEST MICHIGAN Michigan's economy got some good news on Wednesday in the form of grants.

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Related Topix: Greenville, MI

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Event welcomes hunters in wheelchairs

Brian Kaule wheeled in reverse over tall grass to reach his pop-up blind. "This stuff is so hard to wheel through that I have to wheel backwards," said Kaule, 52, of Hudsonville.

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Related Topix: Hudsonville, MI, Sheridan, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Belding, MI, Greenville, MI

Tue Oct 27, 2009

MLive.com

Man charged in Montcalm County bombing charged with three arsons

A man suspected of a role in a 2008 Montcalm County bombing that maimed Derek Lehman was implicated Monday in arsons two years earlier that leveled a restaurant, a lumber company storage building and another storage facility, U.S. District Court records show.

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Related Topix: Explosion

Fri Oct 23, 2009

MLive.com

Indictment claims three Stanton fires were arson, including one set to distract investigators

The second of three fires that leveled Stanton businesses in 2006 allegedly was set to throw off investigators from suspects Steven Stewart and Scott Sowles, a source said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Fire, Explosion, US News, ATF

Thu Oct 22, 2009

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Montcalm County Land Auction draws in huge crowd with "no minimum bidding"

Montcalm County Land Auctions are usually quiet. "Normally you have probably 30 or 40 people," said veteran Steve Swift.

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Related Topix: Greenville, MI

Wed Oct 21, 2009

WXMI-TV Grand Rapids

Reward Offered in Young Man's Death

It has been two years since the body of a Montcalm County man was found just a few miles away from his home.

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Related Topix: Gowen, MI, Greenville, MI

Tue Oct 20, 2009

WZZM

Father of Julia Dawson's first child reacts to arrest

Paul Terrell, the father of Julia Dawson's first child, says he always suspected Tim Dawson in her murder, but never thought an arrest would be made.

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Mon Oct 19, 2009

WZZM-TV Grand Rapids

Julia Dawson's Husband Suspect in Her Murder

Police now say Timothy Dawson is a suspect in his wife Julia's murder. He is the only suspect to be named since her body was found along U.S. 131 in Montcalm County in January.

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Related Topix: Ottawa County, MI, Kent County, MI, Sparta, MI

Sun Oct 18, 2009

MLive.com

Kent County touched by three of Michigan's top five insurance frauds, industry group says

It's home to a city that has gone from being the furniture capital of North America to a fledgling hub of medical research.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Kent County, MI, Home Listing, Home, East Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids, MI

Lansing State Journal

County to add staff to handle H1N1 programs

IONIA - The Ionia County Board of Commissioners approved several proposals to help the county's health department respond to the H1N1 flu.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Ionia County, MI, Ionia, MI

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

'Lost Boys' to speak at Performing Arts Center

"Lost Boys" Benjamin Ajak and Alephonsion Deng will share their stories of survival during a presentation from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville High School's Performing Arts Center, 111 N. Hillcrest.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

WWUP-TV Cadillac

10/12 - Montcalm Woman Sentenced For Drug Possession

Hide Video A woman who hid methamphetamine in her grandchild's diaper in Montcalm County will spend almost a year in jail.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Stanton, MI

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Burton News

Mich. woman sentenced in case of meth in diaper

A Michigan woman who authorities say hid a package of methamphetamine in her grandchild's diaper while being arrested has been sentenced to 10 months in jail on charges including child abuse.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, Lansing Metro, Kalamazoo, MI

Thu Oct 08, 2009

WZZM

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Strong winds caused a myriad of problems for people across West Michigan Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Allegan County, MI, Barry County, MI, Ionia County, MI, Mecosta County, MI

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Walker man charged with three robberies

A 49-year-old Walker man was arraigned and charged Tuesday with two counts of felony armed robbery after an alert tipster helped identify the suspect in three holdups, Michigan State Police said.

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Mon Oct 05, 2009

Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Alan Bauer will face trial for allegedly leaving bomb in Stanton driveway

A 38-year-old Lake Odessa man faces up to life in prison after a Montcalm County District Court judge found there was enough evidence Alan Bauer created the pressurized sulfuric acid bomb that caused injuries to Derek Lehman's face, arm and eyes -- injuries from which he still is recovering more than a year later.

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Sat Oct 03, 2009

Battle Creek Enquirer

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Jeff Troyer will wrap up work as Montcalm County's Dispatch Director next week, and start full-time as Calhoun County Consolidated Dispatch Center director on Oct.

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Related Topix: Calhoun County, MI, Marshall, MI, Battle Creek, MI, Kalamazoo Metro

Thu Oct 01, 2009

MLive.com

Lakeview man pleads guilty in assault that led to his son's death

A 45-year-old Lakeview man pleaded guilty to felony assault following a fight that led to the death of his son on June 20, 2008.

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