a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1094:"<span style="font-size: larger;">Gratiot County now has its probate judge back. In a reorganization of Michigan&rsquo;s courts, Gratiot County was scheduled to lose its probate judge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">However state Senator Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw Township, amended&nbsp; the court reorganization bill which took away Clinton County&rsquo;s probate judge instead of Gratiot County&rsquo;s Judge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">Sen. Judy Emmons, who will be representing Gratiot County in the new senate district, was the one who offered the amendment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For an article on the last minute amendment that will reduce the number of Judges that Clinton County has click on the following story link:</span><br />
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