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WIC still operating in Michigan

October 2, 2013
WIC still operating in Michigan

CADILLAC – Although the federal government shutdown has temporarily suspended funding for a nutrition program for low to moderate-income mothers and babies, the local Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has enough funds to continue operating, according to a press release from District Health Department No. 10. The report says health departments have received numerous calls from…

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Governor signs bills expanding ORV access

October 2, 2013

LANSING, Mich. – Local governments may now seek permission from the state Department of Transportation (MDOT) to allow off-road recreational vehicles (ORV) on the shoulders of state roads where necessary to connect existing ORV networks after Gov. Rick Snyder signed three bills into law today. Local governments across the entire state also will now have the option of opening their…

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Shakespeare fans meet Oct. 7

October 2, 2013

LUDINGTON — Shakespeare fans will meet Monday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts (Room 201)  to continue the reading of “Taming of the Shrew.”  They will take up with Act III. The Shakespeare Reading Group (SRG) is an informal group of Shakespeare fans. They meet once a month to read the Bard’s works, taking…

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Motorcyclist injured after striking deer

October 2, 2013

RIVERTON TWP. — A 38-year-old Scottville man was airlifted to Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids Tuesday night after the motorcycle he was driving struck a deer on Washington Road near Darr Road. Frederick Holden was transported by Oceana County EMS to the Oceana County Airport following the accident. The incident occurred about 8:20 p.m. Mason County Sheriff’s Office and Riverton…

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Occupants escape trailer fire

October 2, 2013
Occupants escape trailer fire

GRANT TWP. — A father and his two children lost their home early this morning when fire destroyed the mobile home they were living in. Grant Twp. and Free Soil/Meade fire departments were dispatched to 11651 Birchwood Dr. in Manistee Forest Pines Estates mobile home park about 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. Shortly before the fire departments arrived, deputies from Mason…

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