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Obituary: Walter Bourgette, Jr., 77, Ludington. #MasonCountyDeaths. Walter Thomas Bourgette, Jr., 77, of Ludington, passed away on Wednesday December 14, 2016 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Campus in Grand Rapids. He was born on June 3, 1939 in Filer City, son of the late Walter and Clara (Laboda) Bourgette, Sr. He attended Manistee High School. Walter married Lillian Dickow on September…
Shaken, Not Stirred: Hotel people, part 2. #ShakenNotStirred. A blog by Jim Bond. I’ll repeat my opening statement of last week’s column: ‘Hotel People’ are a special breed – a group for whom I have enormous respect. In the early to mid 1990s I started enjoying increasing business with a rather prominent west Michigan company as an independent contractor. The…
Franz ends tenure as state rep. presiding over 20 hours of lame duck session. #101stHouseDistrict. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LANSING — State Representative Ray Franz’s very last week as the representative of Mason, Manistee, Benzie, and Leelanau counties, included a 22 hour lame duck session, of which he presided over about 20 hours. The 98th Michigan House of Representatives ended…
Lighthouse volunteers needed for 2017 season. LUDINGTON — Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Association is looking for volunteers to be lighthouse keepers next summer. The SPLKA is a nonprofit organization that manages four western Michigan lighthouses: Big Sable Lighthouse in the Ludington State Park, the Ludington North Breakwater Light, Little Sable Point Lighthouse in Silver Lake State Park near Mears, and…
Recent births, reported December 16, 2016. #MasonCountyBirths Recent births are brought to you by Shelby Gem Factory. See more information below. Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise. Marcy Abigail Beaver, the daughter of Janelle and Brandon Beaver of Scottville, was born December 12, 2016. Corbin Allan Morgan, the son of Kasey and Jeremy Morgan of Hart, was born…
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