Holland selects Keith Van Beek as city manager
Holland City Council voted on Feb 28 to extend a city manager offer to Keith Van Beek. He will lead the city with 180 employees after nine years as Ottawa County assistant administrator under Alan Vanderberg. The county will search for a new assistant administrator and plans to post the vacancy widely, with interviews set after a 3 to 4 week resume window.
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Improvements planned for historic Eastmanville barn in Coopersville
Ottawa County Board of Commissioners approved a 37640 dollar allocation from the Parks and Recreation budget to renovate the Eastmanville Farm barn in Coopersville. Curt TerHaar of Ottawa County Parks and Recreation said work should start soon, aiming to repair framing siding and the roof for long term use and potential event rentals. The 229 acre site once served as Ottawa County’s poor farm and now includes fields, river shoreline, a historic 1930s barn and cemetery with parts leased to the West Michigan Agriculture Education Center.
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Snyder appoints Roberts Kengis to Allegan Circuit Court
Gov. Rick Snyder appoints Allegan County Prosecutor Roberts Kengis to the 48th Circuit Court to fill the vacancy created by Judge Kevin Cronin's resignation on Jan. 12. Kengis, elected prosecutor in 2016, has 25 years in the office and helped create local drug treatment courts while serving on regional boards. Cronin, in office since 2008, faces an election for the remainder of his six-year term.
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Upton Co-Chairs Parkland Response Working Group
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton and Rep. Debbie Dingell were named co-chairs of the bipartisan Working Group on Response to the Parkland Shooting within the Problem Solvers Caucus. The group seeks bipartisan, common-sense solutions as students return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High after the Florida tragedy.
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D-Dearborn
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Congress
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New York
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