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Department of Justice Grant Helps Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office Get Buy-1-Get-1 Deal on Bulletproof Vests

Andrew Trzaska | November 9, 2011 The Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office will be able to purchase two bulletproof vests from a grant offered by the federal government. Muskegon’s County Commission gave unanimous approval to pay $592.81 into the Bullet Proof Vest Partnership program of the United States Department of Justice. The DOJ will pay in $592.81 as well, bringing the total cost of the vests to $1,185.62.  This essentially gets the county a buy-one-get-one-free deal on the expensive pieces of […]

todayNovember 9, 2011

Local Government

It’s Postcards Only For Writing Inmates At Muskegon County Jail

Andrew Trzaska | February 8, 2011 Voices were heard at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting decrying the new postcard-only policy at the Muskegon County jail. Starting this past Monday, all written communication to or from inmates housed at the jail must be written on regular-sized postcards. Muskegon County Sheriff Dean Roesler has said that security is the main reason for the implementation of the policy, and the Sheriff’s Office had spent multiple years reviewing the Muskegon County Jail’s mail process came […]

todayFebruary 8, 2011

News

Unsolved Murders: Bobby Joe Thompson

Over 17 years have passed since Fruitport Township's Bobby Joe Thompson was found dead, wrapped in a sleeping halfway across the state. Although investigators have two strong suspects, they still need more information to conclude their investigation.

todayDecember 7, 2010 1