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The Scoop: Nursing Week

May 4, 2021

The Scoop: Nursing Week The Scoop is a community-oriented webcast presented by Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, West Shore Bank and Betten Baker Ford of Ludington.  LUDINGTON — This week is National Nursing Week. Today, on The Scoop, Kate Krieger-Watkins speaks with the nursing administrative team from Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital about the role nurses play at the local hospital, along…

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InspiREading initiative helps parents/guardians teach children reading. 

May 4, 2021

InspiREading initiative helps parents/guardians teach children reading.  West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press.  By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP — The West Shore Educational Service District has recently launched an early literacy initiative aimed at helping provide young readers and their parents/guardians with…

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Scottville farmers market to return. 

May 4, 2021

Scottville farmers market to return.  SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Downtown Development Authority is bringing back the city’s farmers market this summer. The farmers market will take place on Saturdays and will be held on the downtown sidewalks.  Market days will run May 15 through September 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Vendors wishing to sign up, at $150 per season,…

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Obituary: Ella Olmstead, 97, of Ludington.

May 4, 2021

Obituary: Ella Olmstead, 97, of Ludington. Ella Marie Olmstead, 97, of Ludington passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at her home. She was born December 7, 1923 in Fountain to Paul and Martha (Groth) Schoenherr.  Ella married the late William N. Olmstead on December 8, 1944 at the Lutheran church in Ludington.  Family meant so much to Ella. She will…

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Grant funds will help fight invasive plant species. 

May 4, 2021

Grant funds will help fight invasive plant species.  SCOTTVILLE — The North Country Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (NCCISMA) has been awarded two new grants to continue its work to stop the spread of invasive species in northern Michigan. A grant for $50,000 of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, awarded by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), will be held by…

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