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2 men accused of scamming woman out of $40,000 by posing as ‘federal agents’
IONIA COUNTY, MI - Two Illinois men were arrested after police say they scammed an Ionia County woman out of thousands of dollars through a wire fraud scheme that involved fake federal agents and boxes of money. The scam started May 8 when the woman, 72 from Easton Township, was...
Easton Twp. woman scammed out of $40,000, 2 men arrested after trying to come back for more
IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — A 72-year-old Easton Township woman lost over $40,000 but avoided losing any more after a relative realized she had become the victim of a wire fraud scam. On May 8, the woman was locked out of her computer tablet as it displayed a phone number...
Michigan reports more dairy cow herds infected
LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has notified the public of four more detections of bird flu in dairy cattle herds. Tim Boring, director of the MDARD, announced that three additional dairy herds in Clinton, Gratiot, and Ionia counties tested positive for H5N1. Mr. Boring said on Wednesday that another herd in Gratiot County also tested positive. This brings the total number of infected herds in Michigan to 15 since March 25. As of May 16, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that 51 herds in nine states, including Ohio, have been infected with H5N1 this year. CDC data also indicates that H5N1 has been detected in poultry in 48 states, resulting in the deaths of more than 90 million birds since January, 2022.
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