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Get Ready for the Holidays: We sell Gift Cards, hoodies, T-shirts, hats, and coffee mugs.
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Schools make way on fall reopening plans Full plans to be submitted by Aug. 15 BY CATHERINE SWEENEY catherine.sweeney@pioneergroup.com MECOSTA COUNTY — Schools in the Mecosta Osceola Intermediate School District are working together to offer students a safe learning environment as they prepare for their return. “We’ve started this process by tackling the overarching topics,” Morley
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Nearly 1,600 absentee ballots turned in Masks required to vote in person
Stanwood Community Schools Superintendent Roger Cole said. In accordance with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order, school districts throughout Michigan must develop return to learn plans for each of the state’s reopening phases. Currently, at Phase 4, safety guidelines for school districts within the Grand Rapids region would require staff to wear face masks, students to wear masks when not in their classrooms, students to learn proper hand-washing skills and more.
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BIG RAPIDS — The Mecosta County Clerk’s Office has already received a high amount of absentee ballots for the August primary election. All Michigan voters
now have the right to vote by mail. It’s considered a safe way to vote and protect their health, and the process is secure and accurate. Mecosta County Clerk Marcee Purcell told the Pioneer roughly 1,600 absentee ballots have already been returned county-wide. “Everyone was sent an application without having to use their time
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Full plans to be submitted by Aug. 15 BY CATHERINE SWEENEY catherine.sweeney@pioneergroup.com MECOSTA COUNTY — Schools in the Mecosta Osceola Intermediate School District are working together to offer students a safe learning environment as they prepare for their return. “We’ve started this process by tackling the overarching topics,” Morley
Stanwood Community Schools Superintendent Roger Cole said. In accordance with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order, school districts throughout Michigan must develop return to learn plans for each of the state’s reopening phases. Currently, at Phase 4, safety guidelines for school districts within the Grand Rapids region would require staff to wear face masks, students to wear masks when not in their classrooms, students to learn proper hand-washing skills and more. See SCHOOLS, 3A
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BY ALICIA JAIMES alicia.jaimes@pioneergroup. com BIG RAPIDS — The Mecosta County Clerk’s Office has already received a high amount of absentee ballots for the August primary election. All Michigan voters
now have the right to vote by mail. It’s considered a safe way to vote and protect their health, and the process is secure and accurate. Mecosta County Clerk Marcee Purcell told the Pioneer roughly 1,600 absentee ballots have already been returned county-wide. “Everyone was sent an application without having to use their time
or effort to request it,” she said. “Ballots have been available since June 20, so many AV ballots have been returned.” In the August 2018 election, the clerk’s office received a total of 2,279 absentee ballots. Considering the global pandemic the nation is currently experiencing, this year, voters received an absentee ballot by mail, See BALLOTS, 3A
Prosecutor: ‘There are persons of interest’ Says strategy to proceed must be developed BY TAYLOR FUSSMAN tfussman@pioneergroup.com
Next stop: The first grade Crossroads Charter Academy teacher Erica Sinicropi and kindergarten graduate Grace Werenette pose six feet apart for a picture after the school’s kindergarten commencement ceremony on Thursday. Werenette will be entering first grade in the fall. For more photos of the ceremony, see Page 2A. (Courtesy photo)
LAKE COUNTY — No arrests have been made related to a homicide investigation that started as a three-year-old missing persons case, but Lake County’s prosecutor said law enforcement officials are currently investigating possible persons of interest. “There are persons of interest in the case, but a strategy has to be developed on how to proceed with the case,” Prosecutor Craig Cooper said. The remains of Richard A. Ashbrook were discovered buried in the backyard of a Pleasant Plains Township residence in early June and identified by personnel with the Michigan State Police Crime Lab several days later. Ashbrook was last seen in November 2017, and was reported missing by his family on Feb. 11, 2018, according to Det./Lt. Brad Nixon with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. See PROSECUTOR, 3A
Osceola County adds 5 new COVID-19 cases Mecosta County reports 0 BY CATHIE CREW cathie.crew@pioneergroup. com
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MECOSTA COUNTY — Mecosta and Lake counties added zero new coronavirus cases Thursday, but one neighboring county surpassed
50 confirmed cases. Mecosta County remains at 39 reported positive cases. Of those cases, 20 have recovered and two have resulted in death, the District Health Department No.10 reported. Recovered is defined by the health department as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days after date of confirmation. The number of people recovered on April 20, 2020 represents COVID-19 positive individuals with a confirmed date on or prior to March 20, 2020. The number of reported positive cases in Lake
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County remains at 12, with zero deaths. Osceola County has seen a recent spike in positive cases of COVID-19, with the Central Michigan District Health Department reporting five new positive cases Thursday. Osceola County’s new total is 52 confirmed coronavirus cases. Twenty of those cases have recovered, and there have been zero deaths. The DHD No. 10 serves residents in Mecosta, Crawford, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oceana and Wexford counties. This is Thursday’s breakdown of coronavi-
rus numbers in the health department’s jurisdiction: Cumulative total: • 923 positive COVID-19 cases in the DHD No. 10’s jurisdiction. • 79 positive cases in Crawford County • 29 positive cases in Kalkaska County (one case was removed due to residing outside the jurisdiction) • 12 positive cases in Lake County • 27 positive cases in Manistee County • 71 positive cases in Mason County • 25 positive cases in Missaukee County • 196 positive cases in Newaygo County • 401 positive cases in Oceana County
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• 44 positive cases in Wexford County Deaths: • 20 deaths from COVID-19 in the DHD No. 10’s jurisdiction. Deaths are included in the positive cases listed above. • 5 deaths in Crawford County • 3 deaths in Kalkaska County • 1 death in Missaukee County • 5 deaths in Oceana County • 4 deaths in Wexford County Recoveries: • 397 recoveries from COVID-19 in the DHD No. 10’s jurisdiction (based on whether individuals are still alive 30 days past the
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confirmed date). • 56 recoveries in Crawford County • 17 recoveries in Kalkaska County • 6 recoveries in Lake County • 11 recoveries in Manistee County • 32 recoveries in Mason County • 20 recoveries in Mecosta County • 17 recoveries in Missaukee County • 123 recoveries in Newaygo County • 104 recoveries in Oceana County • 11 recoveries in Wexford County As of Thursday, there are 71,842 confirmed cases and 6,101 confirmed deaths in Michigan.
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Crossroads Charter Academy teacher Erica Sinicropi and kindergarten graduate Grace Werenette pose six feet apart for a picture after the school’s kindergarten commencement ceremony on Thursday. Werenette will be entering first grade in the fall. For more photos of the ceremony, see Page 2A. (Courtesy photo)
LAKE COUNTY — No arrests have been made related to a homicide investigation that started as a three-year-old missing persons case, but Lake County’s prosecutor said law enforcement officials are currently investigating possible persons of interest. “There are persons of interest in the case, but a strategy has to be developed on how to proceed with the case,” Prosecutor Craig Cooper said. The remains of Richard A. Ashbrook were discovered buried in the backyard of a Pleasant Plains Township residence in early June and identified by personnel with the Michigan State Police Crime Lab several days later. Ashbrook was last seen in November 2017, and was reported missing by his family on Feb. 11, 2018, according to Det./Lt. Brad Nixon with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. See PROSECUTOR, 3A
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MECOSTA COUNTY — Mecosta and Lake counties added zero new coronavirus cases Thursday, but one neighboring county surpassed
50 confirmed cases. Mecosta County remains at 39 reported positive cases. Of those cases, 20 have recovered and two have resulted in death, the District Health Department No.10 reported. Recovered is defined by the health department as the number of persons with a confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis who are alive 30 days after date of confirmation. The number of people recovered on April 20, 2020 represents COVID-19 positive individuals with a confirmed date on or prior to March 20, 2020. The number of reported positive cases in Lake
County remains at 12, with zero deaths. Osceola County has seen a recent spike in positive cases of COVID-19, with the Central Michigan District Health Department reporting five new positive cases Thursday. Osceola County’s new total is 52 confirmed coronavirus cases. Twenty of those cases have recovered, and there have been zero deaths. The DHD No. 10 serves residents in Mecosta, Crawford, Kalkaska, Lake, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oceana and Wexford counties. This is Thursday’s breakdown of coronavi-
rus numbers in the health department’s jurisdiction: Cumulative total: • 923 positive COVID-19 cases in the DHD No. 10’s jurisdiction. • 79 positive cases in Crawford County • 29 positive cases in Kalkaska County (one case was removed due to residing outside the jurisdiction) • 12 positive cases in Lake County • 27 positive cases in Manistee County • 71 positive cases in Mason County • 25 positive cases in Missaukee County • 196 positive cases in Newaygo County • 401 positive cases in Oceana County
• 44 positive cases in Wexford County Deaths: • 20 deaths from COVID-19 in the DHD No. 10’s jurisdiction. Deaths are included in the positive cases listed above. • 5 deaths in Crawford County • 3 deaths in Kalkaska County • 1 death in Missaukee County • 5 deaths in Oceana County • 4 deaths in Wexford County Recoveries: • 397 recoveries from COVID-19 in the DHD No. 10’s jurisdiction (based on whether individuals are still alive 30 days past the
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or effort to request it,” she said. “Ballots have been available since June 20, so many AV ballots have been returned.” In the August 2018 election, the clerk’s office received a total of 2,279 absentee ballots. Considering the global pandemic the nation is currently experiencing, this year, voters received an absentee ballot by mail,
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confirmed date). • 56 recoveries in Crawford County • 17 recoveries in Kalkaska County • 6 recoveries in Lake County • 11 recoveries in Manistee County • 32 recoveries in Mason County • 20 recoveries in Mecosta County • 17 recoveries in Missaukee County • 123 recoveries in Newaygo County • 104 recoveries in Oceana County • 11 recoveries in Wexford County As of Thursday, there are 71,842 confirmed cases and 6,101 confirmed deaths in Michigan.
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