Allegan County reports West Nile death and rising cases
Allegan County Health Department announced a county resident died from West Nile virus on Sept. 25. Michigan has 44 cases as of Sept. 18, including 33 neuroinvasive and 11 non neuroinvasive, with at least four deaths. Health official Angelique Joynes urged precautions and DEET use.
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Local man convicted in international tax fraud scheme
Grand Rapids Michigan man Oghenevwakpo Igboba of Lansing was found guilty by a jury on one conspiracy count one wire fraud eight false claim counts and eight aggravated identity theft counts for stealing tax data from the IRS to file fake returns. The scheme spanned December 2014 to February 2016 in Ingham and Eaton counties. Igboba is expected to receive over 20 years in prison with $426 013 stolen in total and faces sentencing January 29 before Judge Robert Jonker.
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Hope College to Host 121st Pull Tug-of-War
Hope College will host the 121st Pull Tug-of-War on Saturday September 29 beginning at 3 p m on the Black River banks near U S 31 and M 21 The event pits freshman and sophomore teams while juniors guide and seniors assist The annual contest lasts about three hours with the sophomores and even year classes historically leading in wins and has seen four draws and four cancellations since 1909 The pull is free to the public with limited parking on the north and south riverbanks near Lakewood Boulevard 120th Avenue and 543 Chicago Drive For details visit hope.edu offices student life pull.
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Allegan County Fair Reels In Strong Attendance and Hits
The 166th Allegan County Fair ran Sept 7 15 with great weather boosting attendance to about 279 481 up 4 from 2017. Sherbecks Entertainment up 22 percent with a record carnival and 4 H Livestock Auction at over 603 300 with cattle exhibitor counts up 620. New midway hits Top Gun Wacky Shack and concerts by 5 Seconds of Summer Pentatonix Travis Tritt and Charlie Daniels Band contributed to a strong year. The highest turnout was Sunday Sept 9 when Pentatonix performed. Next year runs Sept 6 14 2019.
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