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Dorr to celebrate 150 years during week of 4th of July

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Dorr Township is planning a sesquicentennial blowout for an entire week, from Sunday, June 30, to Saturday, July 6. Besides celebrating its 150th birthday, it will observe the Fourth of July on that Thursday as well. The week will include carnival rides, food booths, concerts, a car show, parade, special...
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Man arrested in 2 fatal shootings in Orangeville Township

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Two men were killed and another arrested in Orangeville Township Friday afternoon in a shooting near Lewis and Lindsey roads about six-and-a-half miles east of Martin, a few miles south of Gun Lake. Barry County Sheriff’s authorities said passersby found man lying in a ditch and bleeding alongside the road...
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Martin hires Hillsdale ISD supervisor as new superintendent

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Brooke Ballee-Stone The Martin Board of Education has chosen Brooke Ballee-Stone, a career-technical principal/supervisor for the Hillsdale County Intermediate School District, to succeed Dr. David Harnish as part-time superintendent beginning July 1. Ballee-Stone has held her current position at Hillsdale for almost two years. The school’s goals are to make...
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Kalamazoo man, 22, charged in car theft spree and shootout

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William Thomas (Billy) Travis, 22, of Kalamazoo, was arraigned in Allegan County District Court Thursday afternoon on a variety of charges stemming from a weekend car theft spree and shootout that start in Martin last Saturday evening. The 19 charges he faces include: Two counts of assault with intent to...
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Local deputy wins award for most impaired driving arrests

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Allegan County Sheriff's Deputy Ryan Gerke, who has served Dorr and Leighton townships, last Friday received the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Lifesavers Award Mt. Pleasant. Out of all the nominees from sheriff’s officers around the state, two deputies were selected. Deputy Gerke led the Sheriff’s Office for the second year...
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Car thefts, shooting suspect will be arraigned Thursday

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Several felony charges have been issued for a Kalamazoo area man in his 20s who will be arraigned in 57th District Court at 1:30 p.m. Thursday after he was arrested and shot by deputies Sunday morning in connection with a car theft and shooting spree. The suspect’s name will not...
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Man nabbed in car theft spree after shootout with deputies

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Allegan County Sheriff's authorities this morning captured a man whose violent car theft spree began Saturday evening in downtown Martin. Deputies said they responded to a report of a stolen vehicle in Martin at about 7 p.m. Saturday and developed suspect information. The man abandoned that vehicle and stole another...
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Austin Marsman serving as Sen. Peters’ campaign intern

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Occasional Townbroadcast contributing writer Austin Marsman, a 2018 graduate of Martin High School, is continuing his political activism this summer as an intern for the re-election campaign of Democratic U.S. Senator Gary Peters (left). Marsman last year served on the campaign of Garnet Lewis of Saugatuck, who ran for State...
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Martin man to be sentenced Sept. 16 for sex offense in 2018

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Sentencing for a 23-year-old Martin man who admitted to having sex with a mentally disabled client at a facility will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 in Allegan County Circuit Court. Benjamin Paul-Alexander Arce, pleaded guilty earlier this week to one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct by person in...
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MEC announces 2 promotions to leadership positions

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MEC, a tube bending and metal fabrication business located at 4714 Circuit Court in Wayland, has announced a couple of personnel changes. Mayville Engineering Company (MEC) a leading U.S.-based value-added manufacturing partner that provides a broad range of prototyping and tooling, production fabrication, coating, assembly and aftermarket services, announced two...
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