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Hospital will host open house Thursday

August 27, 2013
Hospital will host open house Thursday

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Earlier today I had the opportunity to take a tour of the nearly complete expansion at Memorial Medical Center. The nearly $15 million expansion and renovation includes several components that take the 45-year-old facility well into the 21st century. Let’s take a walk inside: The main entrance, and the new separate entrance to the…

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Marina owner calls for historic fishing district, dredging

August 27, 2013

LUDINGTON – Business owner Jessica Karboske spoke to Ludington City Council Monday night requesting the city consider making the marinas of South Washington Avenue a historic bayou basin fishing district. Jessica and her husband, Ray, own Ray’s Auto-Marine on South Washington Avenue. The bayou is located east of the Washington Avenue bridge. For many years sediment has been building at…

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Obit: Ronald Rader

August 27, 2013
Obit: Ronald Rader

Ronald Robert Rader aged 62 of Carr Settlement passed away on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family. Ron was born in Baldwin on August 31, 1950 to Richard and Willadeen (Teitheson) Rader, and graduated from Mason County Central High School with the class of 1968. On May 23, 1970 he married Verna Sedlecky at Victory…

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Severe weather advisory

August 27, 2013
Severe weather advisory

The National Weather Service has issued a significant weather advisory as of 3:47 a.m. See below: Mason Significant Weather Advisory in effect SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY AT 347 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CUSTER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING BRIEF…

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Fire destroys garage

August 26, 2013
Fire destroys garage

HAMLIN TWP. — Fire destroyed a garage and its contents, including a vintage Porsche car, Monday night at the Dan and Letha Fulton residence at 5813 W. Jagger Rd. Firefighters were called to the scene around 6:30 p.m. and were on scene for two hours. Hamlin Twp. Fire Chief Steve Vandervest said the garage was fully engulfed upon arriving. Letha…

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