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By Ryan Yuenger ryany@wsjm.com Change is coming to a local police department. The Benton Charter Township Board of Trustees voted 5-2 in favor of naming Sgt.

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February 12, 2021 Monday marks 20 years since 12-year-old Steven Kraft went missing in Benton Township, and it’s a case police are still working on. On February 16 of 2001, the Benton Township Police Department took a report that Steven had gone missing while walking his two dogs between 7 and 8 p.m. in the 2100 block of Holly near his home. In the following days, there was a search that included the use of dogs, helicopters, police, and volunteers. Kraft’s dogs were found days after hi...