Man sentenced for sexual assaults in Michigan
A 26-year-old Holland man, Michael Santino Beltran, was sentenced to at least five years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree criminal sexual conduct and accosting a child for immoral purposes. He assaulted two sisters aged 7 and 10 in Grand Haven Township and other Michigan residences. Beltran faces 5 to 15 years, must register as a sex offender, and will be GPS monitored for life with 33 days credit. The sisters testified via a therapist at the Children’s Advocacy Center.
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Michael Santino Beltran
Ottawa County
Karen Miedema
Beltran
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Grand Haven Township
Miedema
Children’s Advocacy Center
Michael
Adams Elementary wins Youth Collaboration Award in ArtPrize 10
Adams Elementary students and Zeeland teacher Lori Burgenmeyer-Bearss earned the Youth Collaboration Award in ArtPrize 10 for the piece More Than Words. The public vote prize, a two win cash award, is sponsored by Western Michigan University and recognizes a collaborative K through 12 project with two $2,500 prizes. The artwork is a painted paper collage on canvas, featuring birds representing ideas about respectful speech and listening, on display at Courtyard Marriott Downtown in Grand Rapids with ArtPrize running through Oct. 7.
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ArtPrize 10
Western Michigan University
Zeeland
Lori Burgenmeyer-Bearss
Burgenmeyer-Bearss
Adams
Minipig pet proposal eyed by Holland City Council
Holland residents may see a first reading Oct 3 of a proposed ordinance to allow minipigs as indoor pets, with a vote planned Oct 17 if approved. The measure mirrors dog like rules and stems from local inquiry by Kallie Spidahl. The agenda also includes assessment discussions for Hope Avenue frontage and two tax abatement requests for Formed Solutions and JMS of Holland, detailing building sizes costs and job projections.
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S. River Ave
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Hope Avenue
16Th Street
Paw Paw Drive
Hope
Cambridge Avenues
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Mexican eateries open in Holland city center
Taqueria Vallarta opens at 275 E Eighth St downtown Holland offering tacos burritos nachos quesadillas enchiladas fajitas salads and more with a liquor license and hours 10 am to 10 30 pm. Tamales Plus at 816 Lincoln Ave formerly JC's Party Store prepares to open with tamales and veg options and a kitchen already in place.
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Holland
Taqueria Vallarta
E. Eighth St
Antonio Betancourt
Juan Bernal
Betancourt
Long John Silver’s
Martin Bernal
Tamales Plus
Lincoln Ave
Jc’s
Martha
Juan Rodriguez
Juan
Lincoln Avenue
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