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Honoring a legend.

April 24, 2021

Honoring a legend. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Area firefighters, police officers, EMTs and emergency personnel paid tribute to Grant Township Fire Chief Roland Brooks with a procession from the fire station near Rothbury to his funeral service in Shelby Saturday morning, April 24. Brooks served as fire chief for 40 years and had been on the fire…

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News alert: Attic fire on Cleveland Road.

April 24, 2021

News alert: Attic fire on Cleveland Road. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Shelby-Benona Fire Department was requested to respond to a rekindle of a structure fire in the 3200 block of Cleveland Road between 80th Avenue and Water Road Saturday, April 24, at 7:45 a.m. Central Dispatch reported that there was an attic fire that rekindled from a fire that occurred Friday, April…

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News alert: Vehicle fire on Tahoe Trail.

April 23, 2021

News alert: Vehicle fire on Tahoe Trail. GRANT TOWNSHIP — Grant Township Fire Department was dispatched to a vehicle fire on Tahoe Trail near Arthur Road Friday, April 23, around 9:10 p.m.

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EF 2021 canceled due to COVD-19.

April 23, 2021

EF 2021 canceled due to COVD-19. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. ROTHBURY — For the second straight year, the Electric Forest Festival has been canceled due to COVID-19. The gigantic music festival held annually at end of June at the Double JJ Resort attracts tens of thousands of attendees from across the US and beyond. Organizers had secured two dates in…

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City manager says departure was prompted by council not renewing her contract.

April 21, 2021

City manager says departure was prompted by council not renewing her contract. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Hart City Manager Lynne Ladner said her departure from employment with the city was prompted by the city council not renewing her contract. The city council voted in March to not renew her contract, which expires in July. “I was left with…

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