Area residents took to the polls Tuesday to decide on moving forward with their local schools millages and proposals.

Big Rapids voted to renew their millage once again for the public school system, seeing a reported 1,150 votes (66%) with 585 (34%) opposed. Newaygo Public Schools passed their bond proposal by a 955 (63%) to 563 (37%) vote count. 

Grant Public Schools also found their name on the ballot not for a bond proposal, but for a school board member recall. Both incumbent board members, Rachal Gort and Richard Vance, recieved enough votes to stay on the board. Gort defeated Mindy Conley by a 1,089 (54%) to 914 (46%) tally while Vance defeated Lindsay Mahlich 1,074 (53%) to 934 (47%).

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