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The Ionia City Council voted 7-0 on Wednesday to accept a $929,940 bid from CL Trucking to complete the Hall Street reconstruction project, including replacement of all underground utilities. A second bid of $932,603 from Montgomery Excavating was rejected ($2,663 more than CL Trucking’s bid).
To commemorate Arbor Day, fifth graders at Jefferson Elementary School in Ionia participated in a hands-on demonstration of a tree planting, received a special proclamation from the city and had an extensive question and answer session with the mayor on Friday afternoon.
A House bill would bar 24 Michigan cities from imposing taxes on non-resident workers. Critics say that would be ‘catastrophic,’ but one Republican says ‘Thomas Jefferson would be proud.’
LAKE CITY â There are still a couple more boxes to tick, but Missaukee County Administrator Precia Garland appears poised to leave her position. The City of Ionia has offered her a job as city manager. The contract has been negotiated and city council has approved the contract pending the results of her background investigation; after that, she'll need to formally resign from Missaukee County. The county's commissioners, however, are already on notice that she intends to leave. On Thursday, Ionia's city council signed off on Garland's contract; a few hours later, Missaukee County commiss...