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Scottville Clown Band launches online merchandise store supporting youth music education

July 12, 2026

SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Clown Band has launched a new online merchandise store featuring apparel that supports the band’s youth music education programs. The store currently offers two apparel designs on T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts and crewneck sweatshirts: the band’s classic Scottville Clown Band logo and a special America 250 design available only during 2026. Additional merchandise is expected to be…

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G.L. Ostrander, Integrity call at Muskegon cement terminal

July 11, 2026

This MCP Boat Blog is presented by Manistee Harbor Tours, operator of the Princess of Manistee. Book your cruise at www.manisteeharbortours.com. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief MUSKEGON — The tug G.L. Ostrander and cement barge Integrity were docked Saturday evening at the Lafarge North America terminal, 1047 Seventh St., on Muskegon Lake, continuing one of the Great Lakes’ most recognizable articulated tug-and-barge…

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Gile and Stearns: Ludington’s world-renowned marine engine builders

July 11, 2026

This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union and the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The present-day Ludington Municipal Marina occupies the site of what was once one of Michigan’s most innovative marine engine factories. From 1909 until the early years of the Great Depression, the Gile Boat and Engine Company and its…

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Skyline Trail reconstruction at Ludington State Park to begin in September

July 11, 2026

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Construction of a new Skyline Trail at Ludington State Park is expected to begin in September following the completion of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ bidding process for the $3.65 million project, park officials and the Friends of Ludington State Park announced. The project marks one of the largest investments ever made at the park and…

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Pere Marquette Township to consider one-year data center moratorium

July 11, 2026

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Pere Marquette Charter Township Board of Trustees is expected to consider the first reading of a proposed ordinance Tuesday that would establish a one-year moratorium on new data center developments while township officials study how the facilities should be regulated. The proposal is among several items on the board’s agenda for its regular meeting beginning…

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