Daniel Boothe
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Goal of Grand Rapids becoming midwest economic leader within a decade
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After a judge refused to toss out a 2nd Degree Murder charge on Friday, the legal team of former Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr says, they plan to appeal; a decision that could set the criminal trial back months.The defense had argued that Schurr was justified in the shooting death of Congolese Immigrant Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop last April based on an 1846 Michigan state law that authorizes police to use deadly force when a felon is attempting to escape, and therefore, the 2nd Degree Murder charge should be dropped.
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A judge Friday rejected a motion to dismiss 2nd degree murder charges against former Grand Rapids Police Officer Christopher Schurr…Daniel Boothe reports.
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135th annual meeting: The State of GR Business held WednesdayWith a nationwide recession predicted later this year, the Grand Rapids area will escape relatively unscathed—that was the overall theme Wednesday morning as economists made their predictions about the upcoming year.
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Effort part of state mandate of being lead-free by 2040.
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Following a lawsuit that challenged the sale of public land on Muskegon Lake to a private developer for $2, the Muskegon Board of City Commissioners has rejected an amendment that would have restored public accessIn 2021, the City Commission approved the sale of a street that accesses a public peninsula on Muskegon Lake. City Hall sold that to local developer and Parkland Properties owner, Jon Rooks.
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Members divided in four to three vote; questions remain as to reasons of firing
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A judge has refused to toss out a lawsuit that accuses the City of Muskegon of selling a developer property on Muskegon Lake without public comment on the matter first.In an opinion issued last Monday, Muskegon County Circuit Judge Kenneth Hoopes found that city officials had “elements of bad faith” surrounding the transfer of land to local real estate developer, Parkland Properties.
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Muskegon and PJ Hoffmaster State Park receiving over $5 million each
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Long awaited plans to clean PFAS chemicals from the Rogue River will now have to until 2024; the delay comes after a proposed plan by Wolverine Worldwide has been scrapped for a new one.(EGLE) to start construction of a remediation system on the Rogue River in September. That did not happen, forcing the state department to issue the Rockford based shoemaker a violation, while telling the company to hurry up.