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Video has emerged showing a Newaygo County Sheriff deputy admitting his department breaks federal and state laws. Each Newaygo County Board of Commissioners meeting is recorded as a matter of record. The videos of the commissioners’ meetings are public domain. In the video, recorded in January, the Newaygo deputy knowingly admits to breaking federal and state laws that prohibit quota policies in police departments. Not only does he admit to breaking the law, but after he does so, the entire board of commissioners votes to enact his measure of breaking the law. According to the Michigan Vehicle Code, it is...

There are new claims of bigfoot encounters -- in Siberia and rural Michigan -- that will likely add to the debate over whether the creatures really exist, although neither holds the smoking gun of a photograph, tissue sample or other scientific evidence. A group of Russians claim a living "snowman" roams the cold Shoria Mountain area of southern Siberia. Meanwhile a woman in Newaygo County, Mich., told Discovery News that she has been interacting with and actually feeding a large family of close to 10 Bigfoot-like creatures who live in the woods near her home for the past two years....

State police trooper killed during standoffThe Associated Press 7/8/2003, 2:35 a.m. ET FREMONT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State Police trooper was killed Monday during a standoff with a barricaded man, state police said. Trooper Kevin Marshall, 33, was shot and taken to an area hospital Monday afternoon, where he died during surgery, state police said in a statement. Marshall was with the Newaygo post and had served with the state police for eight years. He was honored with the Michigan State Police Bravery Award in May, officials said. State police said the standoff in Fremont began early Monday morning...