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Changes to Social Security could impact retirement benefits

March 22, 2016

LUDINGTON – West Shore Bank is recommending that people between the ages of 62 and 66 years of age evaluate their retirement strategies due to the possible impact caused by the Bipartisan Budget Act, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015. As a result of the Bipartisan Budget Act, certain filing strategies will no longer be available to…

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Ludington man dies after US 31 crash.

March 19, 2016

WEARE TOWNSHIP (Oceana County) — A 34-year-old Ludington man died Saturday following a two vehicle crash at US 31 and Oceana Drive. A preliminary investigation by Michigan State Police Hart Post indicates that William Charles Sielski was in the process of making a left turn from the top of the north bound US 31 exit ramp at Oceana Drive when…

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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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