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Funeral notice: Duane Cooper, 78, Summit Township.

August 2, 2020

Funeral notice: Duane Cooper, 78, Summit Township. Duane G. Cooper, 78, passed away May 24, 2020 (see obituary here). A Mass from the Order of Christian Funerals will be held at 10: 30 a.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at St. Simon Catholic Church, with Rev. Wayne B. Wheeler, Jr. presiding. Burial, with military honors, will follow about noon, at…

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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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Rain, cooler temps, Monday.

August 2, 2020

Rain, cooler temps, Monday. Smith & Eddy Insurance Weather. The weather is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, with offices in Scottville, Ludington, and Manistee: Considerable cloudiness tonight. Occasional rain showers after midnight. Low temperature of 58 degrees. Winds north-northeast at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain, 50%. Monday, Aug. 3, 2020 Showers in the morning then cloudy…

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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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