Van Buren County to Retain Commissioner’s Seats | New

PAW PAW – Using the latest demographics from the US Census Bureau, a commission voted to keep the number of Van Buren County commissioners at seven.
The county allocation commission made its decision two weeks ago, based on the 2020 census population report.
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