Joel Bissell is a multimedia specialist for MLive, based in Michigan. With a focus on local news in the Grand Rapids area, Joel covers a wide range of topics including crime, events, and human interest stories. His work has also been featured in the Cheshire Herald and KTVN 2 News.
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Joel Bissell's coverage centers on local news, events, crime, real estate, and sports in the United States' Michigan area. If you have insights or stories related to local events, crime updates like court cases or police activity in the specified region of Michigan (including Grand Rapids), real estate trends in these areas, or human interest stories involving families and relationships within this community then Joel would likely be interested.
Given his focus on local happenings and events such as charity drives and organizational meetings for county boards among others; providing localized angles along with human interest elements might increase the chance of grabbing his attention.
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Voters across Michigan are heading to the polls to cast ballots on Election Day 2024 on Tuesday, Nov. 5
Brandon Ortiz Vite , a citizen of Mexico appears for sentencing Thursday Nov at the
By: Jbissell, Joel Bissell
Hop Lot Brewing Company along scenic M-22 in Suttons Bay has transformed over the last decade into one of the top beer gardens in the U.S.
By: Aya Miller, Joel Bissell
Otsego Public Schools in Michigan are notifying community members that an unauthorized party accessed data on the district's network including Social Security numbers, taxpayer ID numbers and other personal information.
By: Joel Bissell
ZEELAND, MI — A clash of West Michigan contenders went toe-to-toe in the division 3 regional final Friday evening.
By: Joel Bissell
Tickets have been punched to the state football semifinals. The third round of the 2024 high school football playoffs kicked off across Michigan on Friday, Nov. 15.
GLEN HAVEN, MI — After a 50-year slumber, Sleeping Bear Inn has reopened as a piece of living history.
From St. Joseph to Manistee gusty winds on Lake Michigan kicked up large waves on Thursday.
By: Joel Bissell
MLive captured images from Grand Haven and Muskegon of the Gale Warning and large waves on Lake Michigan on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024.
| GRAND HAVEN, MI — The wind was howling and waves were whipping as a Gale Warning was in effect for a majority of the Lake Michigan shoreline on Thursday.
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