Former House Speaker Lee Chatfield's wife, Stephanie Chatfield, issued a statement of support today for her husband, who has been accused of sexual assault.
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MIRS News Staff
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2/17/22
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More than six months have passed since retired Lansing Fire Department Battalion Chief Shawn Deprez alleged to City Pulse that she had been sexually assaulted by a superior and subjected to unchecked homophobic and sexist harassment among her former colleagues.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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2/17/22
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Unless you’ve met Mitzi Allen, 72, you’ve yet to meet Sexton High School’s most die-hard fan. She’s the matriarch leading three generations of Lansing Sextonites and has lived in the same house on Lenawee Street her entire life.
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Audrey Matusz
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2/17/22
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The Michigan State Police and officials from the Attorney General’s office arrived at the Bath Township home of Rob Minard, who was chief of staff to former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, on Tuesday morning to press forward with “an ongoing investigation,” authorities told City Pulse.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/17/22
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Holland firefighters keep new smoke detectors and extra batteries in their vehicles and often install them on EMS calls.
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HOPE O’DELL
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2/11/22
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Before becoming a grant manager and analyst for the state Housing Development Authority, Veronica Depotty counseled homebuyers herself.
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JACK FALINSKI
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2/11/22
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When it comes to freedom of expression, students are like other Americans – divided.
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Eric Freedman
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2/11/22
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Snake in the grass: The ‘toxic’ religious teachings that nurtured former House Speaker Lee Chatfield
But hiding behind this humble country church veneer, critics said, is a loose confederacy of similar minded people. Driven by an idea of life drawn from the pages of the King James version of the Bible, which they believe to the only word of God without error or omission, the leaders of these churches are deities of sorts, who nurture a cult-like sphere of influence prone to extreme sexism, purity constructs, bans on interracial or inter-religious marriages and education that fail to address anything beyond the insular communities in which they live.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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2/10/22
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Emily, who asked City Pulse not to use her real name in this story for fear of retaliation from church members, moved to northern Michigan with her husband and young family in tow.
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Ruthie Heiler wants to understand the years of sexual abuse she endured at the hands of a teacher at an Up North Independent Fundamental Baptist church. She also wants justice.
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Todd Heywood
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2/10/22
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Rebekah Chatfield remembers the first time Lee Chatfield allegedly abused her like it was yesterday — long before Lee became a state lawmaker, several years before she married his brother.
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Todd Heywood
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2/10/22
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When Webster Township in Washtenaw County was attacked by ransomware, officials had to implement a new website, new emails and new anti-virus and ransomware software to resolve the problem.
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LINDSAY M. McCOY
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2/5/22
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Michigan ranks eighth in the country for potato production and contributes about $1.2 billion annually to the state’s economy, according to the Michigan Potato Industry Commission.
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JACK FALINSKI
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2/5/22
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The state-funded grants provide matching incentive funding up to 10 cents per meal to purchase and serve Michigan-grown fruits, vegetables and legumes.
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SYDNEY BOWLER
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2/5/22
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Following the Oxford High School shooting last November, the state House approved a five-fold increase in grant money to hire school resource officers, even as school districts remain divided on the cops-in-schools issue.
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor wants to relocate, renovate or reconstruct City Hall.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/4/22
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Art Austin, 79, is a retired GM employee and still tough as nails. He’s a drag racer who might brag about a perfect driving record, a hard earner who couldn’t run the risk of missing his son’s basketball game. He doesn’t hoard memorabilia from his past, making his recollection of the freedom and friends that fueled his life his most prized possessions.
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Audrey Matusz
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2/3/22
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For the last eight years, a familiar annual cycle has been constantly repeating itself in Lansing.
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In response to a rapid increase in gun violence and homicide in Lansing, a newly formed nonprofit organization wants to open a shelter and home in the former Teen Challenge Center on Lansing’s northwest side for men transitioning out of foster care, prison and homelessness.
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MELODEE MABBITT
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2/3/22
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By a 7-0 vote, the Lansing City Council decided tonight on an appointed replacement for disgraced First Ward City Councilman Brandon Betz. It’s Brian Daniels.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/1/22
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