The ''Ionia Sentinel-Standard'' is a

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published in

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. It is owned by

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. The newspaper covers Ionia County including the cities of Ionia, Belding and

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, and the villages of Lake Odessa, Lyons, Muir, Hubbardston, Palo, Pewamo, Orleans, Clarksville and

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. The ''Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard'' was created in 1919 through the merger of the ''Ionia Daily Sentinel'' and ''The Ionia Daily Standard''. ''The Ionia Standard'' had begun as a

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in 1873; the ''Sentinel'' name dates back to the ''Ionia County Sentinel'' weekly, established in 1866.

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Newspapers published in Michigan Ionia County, Michigan Newspapers established in 1866 Gannett publications 1866 establishments in Michigan {{michigan-newspaper-stub