The ''Ionia Sentinel-Standard'' is a

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published in

Ionia, Michigan Ionia is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Ionia County, Michigan, United States. The population was 13,378 at the 2020 census. Every July it hosts what is said to be the world's largest free-admission fair. The city is mostly within ...

. It is owned by

Gannett Gannett Co., Inc. () is an American mass media holding company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Ionia County Ionia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 66,804. The county seat is Ionia. The Ionia County Courthouse was designed by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect. Ion ...

including the cities of Ionia,

Belding Belding is a city in Ionia County, Michigan, Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan, completely surrounded by Otisco Township, Michigan. The population was 5,757 at the United States Census, 2010, 2010 census. History In 1838, six years bef ...

and

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