Chief Circuit Judge Margaret Zuzich Bakker Tuesday announced the appointment of Myrene Koch as the new Prosecuting Attorney for Allegan County.

 

Koch has served as an assistant prosecutor since July of 2002 and has been the Chief Assistant Prosecutor in the office since June of 2017.  She is a graduate of Michigan State University and Cooley Law School.

 

Koch will begin her duties as Prosecutor effective March 19, 2018. The vacancy was created when current prosecutor, Roberts Kengis, was appointed to the Circuit Bench by Governor Snyder.