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As spring makes its way into summer, the cottages and resorts of Manistee County’s seasonal residents will once again be opened up and dusted off.

Garfield County’s Latino advocacy committee wants to see more Spanish-speaking dispatchers hired in the county to assist Latino residents who call 911. Recently, the county’s Latino Community Committee met with the county Emergency Communications Authority...

Andrew A. Searight, 35, of Batavia, and Jerrtonia A. Scarbrough, 24, of Batavia, are charged with aggravated cruelty to animals. Searight and Scarbrough are accused of abandoning an animal in a cage for an extended period of time at a residence on Bank Street. The incident was reported at 9:18 a.m., May 10. They were both issued an appearance ticket. Angela N. Bennett, 24, of

Garfield County’s emergency services operate with 21 people directly responsible for running dispatch but only two speak Spanish, a Garfield County official said to the county’s Latino Community Committee on Wednesday.

New Year’s Day brought the death of Carl Stephens’ only son. Ozell Stephens Jr. suffered a stroke on Nov. 2. He was released from the hospital three weeks later and was recovering at a rehab facility. The 55-year-old still wasn’t able to walk as the new year approached, but could speak clearly. He called his mother every evening to say goodnight. “I’d ask him how he was feeling and he’d say ‘Good,’” Carl said. “He talked about wanting to come home.” On Jan. 1, Ozell was rushed from the rehab facility to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with a fever. Carl went to see her son...