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Coolman becomes board certified nurse practitioner, accepting patients. 

August 2, 2020

Coolman becomes board certified nurse practitioner, accepting patients.  Amber Coolman, a nurse with Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Obstetrics & Gynecology, recently became board certified as a nurse practitioner in women’s health. She will now be taking her own patients at the OB/GYN clinic located at 250 Nelson Road in Ludington, working alongside doctors Marian Fuller, Dan Gentry, and Margaret Gustafson,…

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Body of kayaker recovered in PM River.

July 31, 2020

Body of kayaker recovered in PM River. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Mason County Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol deputies recovered the body of Nicholas Howard King, 64, of Commerce Township, about 10 a.m. today, Friday, July 31, 2020 in the Pere Marquette River. According to Sheriff Kim Cole, King’s kayak was discovered by passersby in the river about…

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Emergency personnel searching for missing kayaker. 

July 31, 2020

Emergency personnel searching for missing kayaker.  BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Emergency personnel have been searching for a missing kayaker since since Thursday evening. According to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole, the 64-year-old Commerce Township man’s kayak was found overturned in the Pere Marquette River about a mile south of Budzynski Road at 8:45 p.m. Thursday. Personnel from MCSO Dive Team, Branch…

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Recent arraignments include assaulting police officer charges.

July 31, 2020

Recent arraignments include assaulting police officer charges. #MasonCountyCrime By Alan Neushwander. Contributing writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Christian Lee Mitchell, 29, of 508 E. Danaher St., Ludington, was arrested July 24 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) on a felony charge of assault/resisting/obstructing a police officer. Probable cause hearing: Aug.…

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Safe Harbor Credit Union breaks ground for new building.

July 31, 2020

Safe Harbor Credit Union breaks ground for new building. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Safe Harbor Credit Union officially broke ground at its new location at 5511 W. US 10, between Jebavy Drive and Pere Marquette Highway today, Friday, July 31, 2020. The new location will replace the growing credit union’s present site at 1200 E. Tinkham Ave. in the City…

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