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The Daily Reporter BRANCH COUNTY — The Branch County Sheriff Marine Patrol will have one new boat for the summer season after county commissioners Tuesday agreed to cut its contingency budget to buy a new, 17-foot Whaler for a patrol boat.  Commissioner Leonard Kolcz said “as long as I’ve been on this commission I have always thought the sheriff’s department has always had the short straw and put on the back burner. I am proud to see the sheriff’s department is being put ahead of other things right now.” Sheriff John Pollack said the boat at Gull Lake Marine in Richland met speci...

Stanley George Hickok, who drove beautification efforts in Schenectady, dies at 90 Stanley George Hickok, who drove beautification efforts in Schenectady, dies at 90 Funeral will be held Tuesday for man considered towering figure in efforts to add thousands of trees to the city's landscape FacebookTwitterEmail Stanley Hickok, who died Feb. 1, 2021, plants a tree Tribute Park on Eastern Avenue in Schenectady.Photo provided SCHENECTADY — The next time you go to the city's Central Park, look carefully for the straight lines of trees. That's the work of Stanley George Hickok, who died Feb. 1 du...

Seeking the Truth Behind Books Bound in Human Skin And the “gentleman” doctors who made them. Seeking the Truth Behind Books Bound in Human Skin Copy Link An anatomical engraving from 1872. traveler1116/Getty Images In This Story , published in October 2020 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. In the summer of 1868, a 28-year-old Irish widow named Mary Lynch was admitted to Ward 27 of Philadelphia General Hospital. Nicknamed Old Blockley, this huge facility for the poor in West Philadelphia contained a hospital, an orphanage, a poorhouse, and an insane asylum. Just four summers prior, some walls...

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A retired Michigan State Police trooper from Bronson will be filling a Branch County Sheriff’s Department vacancy. Sheriff John Pollack told the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday that Michael Thyng has been brought on board to fill in the position that was recently vacated by a newly hired deputy. Thyng retired from the State Police in February of 2020 after being on the job for over 30 years. Pollack also told the Commissioners that due to the shortness of their staffing and some illnesses, they had to pull their trans...

BRANCH COUNTY — Taking municipalities off the Central Dispatch 911 board "was an oversight and not intentional," County Administrator Bud Norman said Thursday during a commission work session.The board voted to return to the old10-member formula, plus add possibly an 11th with an amendment to the Service Plan proposed for action next Tuesday at the regular meeting.It will add back Union City, Bronson, Coldwater, Quincy, and Sherwood, along with township supervisors. They will add a