Zeeland MDOT hosts open house on 1-196 Business Loop project
About 25 residents and Michigan Department of Transportation representatives gathered at the Zeeland Community Center to discuss reconstructing and reconfiguring 1-196 Business Loop and Chicago Drive. Plans include drainage upgrades, new signals, extending 84th Avenue south to a new intersection, and widening ramps. Dennis Kent noted the project has been discussed for about 20 years as industry grows north of the area.
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Love's gets green light for new travel stop in Holland
After years of planning and public discussion, Love's Travel Stop won approvals to build a new location at 771 Black River Drive near I-196 in Holland. Spokesperson Kealey Dorian says the project is moving forward to serve the Holland area amid past debates over signage and wetlands permits.
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Five fair housing takeaways from Holland City Hall forum
At a Holland City Hall landlord forum on March 12 Liz Keegan of the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan outlined five key points. Nationally 55 percent of complaints involve disability and in West Michigan disability race and familial status are prominent, with a rise in national origin. The talk stressed layered laws at federal state and local levels and noted Holland adds source of income as protected. Ads for housing should be non discriminatory and avoid unintentional bias.
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U S records surge in withholding FOIA files under Trump
The AP analysis shows the federal government censored or failed to locate records more often last year than any in the past decade across eight months of the Trump term. Of 823,222 FOIA requests, 78 percent yielded censored files or nothing, the highest decade-wide share.
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Sunshine Week Schedule Highlights Public Information Access
The Sentinel outlines a week of events March 11 to 17 focusing on citizens rights to access government information in Michigan. Topics include filing information requests, a FOIA and OMA forum at Herrick District Library, a resident share about using public access laws, and local Holland area issues observed by the Sentinel.
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