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Health department announces vaccine distribution plan.

December 16, 2020

Health department announces vaccine distribution plan. District Health Department #10 has announced its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan once the vaccine arrives in the area. Distribution of the vaccine is planned in phases. The health department is expected to be receive the first shipment of Moderna vaccine the week of Dec. 21 and plans to begin vaccinating the week of Dec.…

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Judge Wadel reflects on 18 years on the bench, 45-plus year law career.

December 16, 2020

Judge Wadel reflects on 18 years on the bench, 45-plus year law career. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Judge Peter Wadel has spent the past 18 years serving as the 79th District Court judge in Mason and Lake counties. He was first elected to the position in 2002 following the retirement of Judge John Carney. He then subsequently served…

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Full Court Press: MCC basketball coach Brent Lyon

December 16, 2020

Full Court Press: MCC basketball coach Brent Lyon Full Court Press is a presentation of House of Flavors, Inc. and Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Orthopedics.  SCOTTVILLE — Today on MCP’s Full Court Press, Toni Swinehart speaks with Mason County Central girls junior varsity Coach Brent Lyon about the 2020-2021 season.  Please consider helping to fund local news. Mason County Press…

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Santa Claus visiting Ludington, Scottville this weekend.

December 16, 2020

Santa Claus visiting Ludington, Scottville this weekend. Santa Claus will be visiting Ludington and Scottville this weekend, with the help of local fire and police departments. Santa will be visiting the neighborhoods south of Ludington Avenue on Friday, Dec. 18, north of Ludington Avenue on Saturday, Dec. 19, and then will be in Scottville on Sunday, Dec. 20. Each time,…

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Obituary: The Rev. James L. Friesner, 63, of Ludington.

December 16, 2020

The Reverend Dr. James L. Friesner, 63, of Ludington, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. Jim was born on May 3, 1957 in Lancaster, Ohio to James L. Friesner and the late Bernadine Perez Friesner.  He graduated from Newark Senior High in Ohio in 1975, Otterbein College in 1994, Trinity Lutheran Seminary in 2000, and McCormick Seminary where he…

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