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Community Updates, posted March 21, 2020.

March 21, 2020

Community Updates, posted March 21, 2020. This list is being posted daily on Mason County Press and Oceana County Press. It may be updated frequently throughout the day. DO NOT POST A CLOSING, CANCELLATION, OR UPDATE IN THE COMMENT SECTION. IT WILL BE REMOVED. If you have a closing, cancellation, or other special notices related to changes in scheduling to…

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Outdoor Report: The outdoor gym 

March 21, 2020

Outdoor Report: The outdoor gym  By Mark Platt, MCP/OCP outdoors writer. The Watson Country Outdoor Report is a presentation of the Watson Auto Group, selling Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Fiat in Ludington, Manistee, Benzie and Rockford. “Every season there’s a reason to visit Watson Country. For more information, visit watsoncountry.com. Recently, I found myself lying in an operating room for…

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Ludington hires Manistee chief to head LPD.

March 20, 2020

Ludington hires Manistee chief to head LPD. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The City of Ludington has hired Timothy Kozal as its new police chief. Kozal has served for the past three years as public safety director for the City of Manistee. He will replace Mark Barnett who has served as Ludington police chief for 19 years and will…

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Hockemeyer hired as new Ludington water plant supervisor.

March 20, 2020
Hockemeyer hired as new Ludington water plant supervisor.

Hockemeyer hired as new Ludington water plant supervisor. LUDINGTON — Jamie Hockemeyer has been hired as the new superintendent of the City of Ludington Water Plant. Hockemeyer most recently has worked for the City of Mt. Pleasant’s water plant; prior to that he worked for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (now Environment, Great Lakes and Energy) and the City…

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Ludington man faces up to 10 years imprisonment for assault charge.

March 20, 2020

Ludington man faces up to 10 years imprisonment for assault charge. LUDINGTON — Terryn Dewayne Borgh, 22, of 205 Fifth St., Ludington, was arraigned today, Thursday, March 20, 2020, in Mason County’s 79th District Court on the charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm or by strangulation. The charge carries a maximum punishment of up to 10…

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