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Firefighter’s house destroyed by fire.

November 11, 2016

Firefighter’s house destroyed by fire. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Denny and Lori Vandervest were lying in bed Friday night about 8:30 p.m. when they heard a noise out in their garage. Denny initially thought it was his stepson coming home, he said. A few minutes later, Lori told him she could smell smoke. When he went…

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Thank you veterans!

November 11, 2016

Thank you veterans!  “It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. “This year we have special and moving cause to be grateful and to rejoice.  God has in His good pleasure given us peace.  It has…

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Local author to be honored in Kentucky for book on Stearns.

November 11, 2016

Local author to be honored in Kentucky for book on Stearns. #MasonCountyArts Local author and professor Michael Nagle is going to be honored today by the Kentucky Historical Society for his recent book: “Justus S. Stearns: Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933.” “I am honored to receive this award,” Nagle said. Bob Gable, the great grandson of Justus…

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Art center receives $17,500 grant.

November 11, 2016

Art center receives $17,500 grant.  #MasonCountyArts LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Center for the Arts has been awarded a grant of $17,500 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 559 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2016 funding. Organizations receiving…

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Recent death, reported Nov. 11, 2016.

November 11, 2016

#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent death has been reported to MCP fromOak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center. Robert James Landis, Sr., 89, of Manistee passed away on Thursday November 10, 2016 at Manistee County Medical Center in Manistee. See full list of 2016 deaths here. 

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