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MECOSTA, OSCEOLA COUNTIES — In an effort to help local animal shelters, Meceola Consolidated Central DispatchDispatcher Renee Machleit and her feline friend, Chief, are hosting their first-ever animal donation drive.

Donating to area families during the holidays, the dispatch center hosts one family as a way to give back to the community.

“At Christmastime, we try to pick up a family and decided to use Chief to help our shelters out…