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Seniors encouraged to complete survey.

April 6, 2016

The Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan (AAAWM) is conducting a needs survey for older adults and is looking for more opinions from Mason County area seniors, individuals who work with the senior population, have older family members or who may be providing care to elder loved ones.  The deadline for the survey is April 8 and AAAWM. “I encourage all…

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Obituary: Edward Petipren, 81, Scottville.

April 6, 2016

Edward Joseph Petipren of Scottville was carried by angels to the Lord early Tuesday morning, April 5, 2016 at the age of 81.  He had been in ill health for the past few years and after a fall recently, had been cared for at Tendercare of Ludington. Ed was born on December 4, 1934 to Lloyd and Bertha Petipren in…

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Obituary: Tesaline (Marie) Nielsen, 82, Branch.

April 6, 2016
Obituary: Tesaline (Marie) Nielsen, 82, Branch.

Tesaline (Marie) Nielsen, 82 of Branch, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Ludington Woods Assisted Living Center. Marie was born on January 30, 1934 by the late Isaac W. Cramblit and Myrtle (Armentrout) Cramblit in Grove City, Ohio.   Marie attended school until she was old enough to help with the family farm.  She…

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Two new members join hospital board.

April 6, 2016
Two new members join hospital board.

LUDINGTON — The board of directors of Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital has approved two new members with leadership backgrounds in nursing, hospital quality and education. Linda Cronenwett, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, is co-director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Executive Nurse Fellows Program, and dean emeritus and professor of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cronenwett is…

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Stearns, Kentucky: Ludington’s southern connection.

April 5, 2016
Stearns, Kentucky: Ludington’s southern connection.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. STEARNS, Kentucky — On our way back from our family vacation to Florida, we stopped in Stearns, Kentucky and took a trip on the Big South Fork Scenic Railway. As a local history buff, I have wanted to visit Stearns for a long time. After reading Ludington resident Mike Nagle’s recently published biography on Justus Stearns…

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