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More bird flu found in dairy herds from Calhoun, Clinton and Ionia Co.
MDARD announced the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), or bird flu, in dairy herds from Calhoun, Clinton and Ionia County. Confirmatory testing for the Calhoun and Clinton county herds is still pending, but the USDA has confirmed the detection in the Ionia County herd. On May 1, 2024, MDARD issued the Determination of Extraordinary Emergency HPAI Risk Reduction and Response Order. In addition to other protocols, the order requires all dairy operations in Michigan to adopt enhanced biosecurity measures, collectively reducing the risk of introducing this virus on to farms. On May 3, 2024, additional guidance was issued to help producers enact these requirements, which went into effect on May 8, 2024.
Ionia County woman scammed out of more than $40,000; two men charged
IONIA — Police arrested two Illinois men this week after an Easton Township woman was scammed out of over $40,000, according to a news release from the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office. The men, Jainav Sanjaykumar Patel, 25, and Alonzo Lee Waheed Jr., 27, were arrested and arraigned on charges of conspiracy to commit fraud after they returned to the 72-year-old woman's home to collect money, deputies said in a release. ...
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...
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