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Life Circles: This woman’s work.

March 19, 2016
Life Circles: This woman’s work.

Life Circles by Stephanie Wagner.   Since my intro article ran last weekend, I have been diligently seeking out women willing to be interviewed. Almost all of them have agreed, and all of them reluctantly. “I don’t really have a story.” Or “I’m just not that interesting….” Lisa Cooper was no exception. Lisa and I have known each other for…

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Crash victim and boyfriend had been in verbal disagreement prior to crash. Speed was factor, MSP says.

March 18, 2016
Crash victim and boyfriend had been in verbal disagreement prior to crash. Speed was factor, MSP says.

By Rob Alway and Allison Scarbrough of MCP staff. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — More details have come out about a crash on M-116 (North Lakeshore Drive) that occurred Wednesday night and caused serious injury to a 20-year-old woman. Michigan State Police issued a press release today stating that the investigators have determined that Shelby Sowle and her 22-year-old boyfriend had been…

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Ludington mortician faces additional charges after more cremains found at Whitehall funeral home.

March 18, 2016
Ludington mortician faces additional charges after more cremains found at Whitehall funeral home.

WHITEHALL — A Ludington funeral home owner is being investigated by law enforcement to determine if he made a business mistake or defrauded an area family, according to a report by our partners at WZZM-TV 13 of Grand Rapids. Thomas Clock III, continues to be the subject of an on-going investigation by the Muskegon County Sheriff’s Office. Clock owns Clock Funeral Home…

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MCE presents “The Fall of Lizzie Borden” tonight, Saturday.

March 18, 2016
MCE presents “The Fall of Lizzie Borden” tonight, Saturday.

FOUNTAIN — The Mason County Eastern Drama Club will perform “The Fall of Lizzie Borden” tonight and Saturday at Sherman Town Hall. Tickets are $5 per person. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. The play is based on Lizzie Borden, who was an American woman who was tried and acquitted for the 1892 axe murders of her father and her stepmother…

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Consumers Energy donation helps maritime museum project move forward.

March 18, 2016
Consumers Energy donation helps maritime museum project move forward.

LUDINGTON — The Consumers Energy Foundation awarded a $25,000 grant to Mason County Historical Society’s new Port of Ludington Maritime Museum Thursday, March 17, 2016. The grant was awarded to recognize the organization’s contribution in enhancing the area’s cultural and historic development. “This generous grant from The Consumer Energy Foundation will help to hasten our opening and ensure that the…

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