Michigan Raise the Age bills would shift 17-year-olds to juvenile system
A bipartisan Senate package would stop automatic adult trials for 17-year-olds in Michigan, with Governor Whitmer’s support. If signed, 17-year-olds face juvenile handling from October 2021, while prosecutors may still charge 14 to 17-year-olds as adults for violent offenses. The state would cover additional juvenile costs, with long-term cost estimates of up to 54.3 million annually. counties question funding. The measure creates an unfunded state mandate, and a handful of states would still pursue adult trials for 17-year-olds if enacted.
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Ottawa
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Man arrested in son's drowning in Georgetown Township
Timothy Koets, a 50 year old Georgetown Township man and GRCC professor, was arrested after his 16 year old son Sam with severe autism died in a backyard pool in March. Police say relatives were home but unclear how the boy ended up in the pool. Koets faces multiple charges including manslaughter and second degree child abuse.
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Georgetown Township
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Georgetown Township Fire Rescue
Timothy Koets
Port Sheldon Street
Koets
Sam
Helen Devos Children's Hospital
Sam Koets
Grand Rapids Community College
David Murray
GRCC
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GoFundMe
Koots
Chris Talbots
Keets
Keots
Ncident
Habitat home project gains 85000 dollar Thrivent match
Volunteers and the Morales family began the Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity build for Holland's 152nd home. Thrivent Financial provides an 85000 dollar match to engage local churches, with at least 11 churches already involved and 32000 raised toward the match. The lot on 37th Street became available when inherited by a donor who wished it used for Habitat. Local churches and the Morales family attended the wall-raising event as Bible verses were etched on the wall.
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Lakeshore Habitat For Humanity
Thrivent Financial
Yennifer
Edwin Morales
Thrivent
Habitat For Humanity
Don Wilkinson
Jennifer
37Th Street
Habitat
Allendale
Wilkinson
Travis Steinhoff
Lakeshore
Ottawa County launches groundwater sustainability initiative
Ottawa County unveils the Groundwater Sustainability Initiative to improve groundwater use with guidance from local governments businesses and residents. A 2018 study shows county groundwater declined 50 years while salinity rose prompting moratoriums in Allendale and Olive townships. The plan includes education stormwater management well drilling records runoff storage and a technical advisory board to guide policy and development.
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Ottawa County
Michigan State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Michigan State University Institute of Water Research
Allendale
Olive Townships
Paul Sachs
Michigan
Sachs
Marshall
Olive
Robinson
Blendon
Board of Commissioners
Doug van Essen
van Essen
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