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Montcalm County COUPLE in Their 80s FOUND MURDERED in HOME to Be Laid to Rest
MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich.– Later on this week, a couple who had been married for over 28 years and lived in Montcalm County will be laid to rest in Greenville. On June 26th, the bodies of Jessie and Virginia Seward were discovered inside their residence located on Beaver Drive close to Sheridan. They were both found […]
MDOT uses a Model T to audit roads in Amish, Mennonite communities. Here's why.
(CBS DETROIT) - The Michigan Department of Transportation shared a YouTube video on Wednesday showing how it uses a Ford Model T to inspect state roads in Amish and Mennonite communities.In the video, MDOT audited M-91 in Montcalm County, where the department will add more pavement width on the shoulder to accommodate the horses pulling buggies.In a social media post, MDOT said the vehicle is used "to see first-hand how horse-drawn buggies experience that roads and shoulders, working to ensure safety."According to a study by Elizabeth College, Michigan had the sixth-largest Amish population in 2023, estimated to be 18,445 people."If you're riding in a Model T, you're going to have about the same experience on the shoulder of the road that you would if you're riding in an Amish buggy," Del Kirby, MDOT Transporation Service Centers manager in the Grand Region, said in the video. "So this is a way for us to kind of go out and do a road audit on shoulders, showing that experience that the Amish have with different road and shoulder configurations without ever having to impose on the Amish or putting staff in jeopardy."
Why MDOT actually uses a vintage Model T for road audits in some Amish areas
MONTCALM COUNTY, MI - Don’t be surprised if you cruise past a vintage Model T while driving around in parts of northern Lower Michigan. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is actually driving around in one of those old Ford vehicles to perform road audits on state roads in areas with Amish and Mennonite populations.
Couple found dead are victims of homicide, state police say
MONTCALM COUNTY, MI – Police say a couple found dead on Wednesday, June 26, at a Sheridan home are victims of homicide. The deceased are an 81-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman. Their names have not been released. State police have released little information about the killings other than...
State police confirm identities of couple killed in Montcalm County
MONTCALM COUNTY, MI – State police confirmed the identities of a couple found slain at a Sheridan home. The victims are Jesse and Virginia Seward. He was 81, while she was 80. They were found deceased early Wednesday at their home in Montcalm County’s Sidney Township. State police said...
Man, woman in their 80s killed in Montcalm Co. double homicide, police say
SIDNEY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A man and a woman in their 80s were killed at a house in western Michigan, victims of a double homicide, police said Thursday. The bodies were found Wednesday in Montcalm County’s Sidney Township, a rural area 50 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, state police said. The man was 81 and the woman was 80, state police said on the social media site X. No details were released about their relationship or how they were killed. State police urged anyone with information to contact authorities.
Michigan State Police investigating double homicide in Montcalm County
MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. — Michigan State Police (MSP) are investigating two people killed in Montcalm County. MSP began the investigation of what they called a "suspicious death" on Beaver Drive in Sheridan Wednesday. At that time, MSP told the public that details were limited via a post on X.
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