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Historic baseball game takes place Sunday

August 15, 2013

PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — The Ludington Mariners Old Time Base Ball Team will be hosting players from the Chicago Salmon at Historic White Pine Village on Sunday, August 18 at 2 p.m. The teams will be playing 1860-style baseball. America’s past-time, base ball (two words back then), was a gentleman’s game back in the 1860s. Hours of operation on Sunday…

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Another mystery object falls from sky

August 14, 2013

HAMLIN TWP. — Anthony Zoulek of Shelby was fishing at the end of the dock by Waterside Resort Wednesday night around 10 p.m. when he saw something fall into Hamlin Lake. “At first I thought it was a motorized para-glider,” he said. “It looked like it was gliding across the lake.” Zoulek said he saw a silhouette of the object…

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Meet Wisconsin’s top Badger fans, the Manitowoc Mafia

August 14, 2013
Meet Wisconsin’s top Badger fans, the Manitowoc Mafia

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. MANITOWOC, Wis. — For the past 14 years a group of people have gathered at the Manitowoc carferry dock pretty much every day the S.S. Badger sails. The group size varies depending on the day. On this particular day, Monday, Aug. 12, there are six guys, hanging out in the chairs in the passenger staging area.…

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Great Lakes Energy helps bring movies to Scottville

August 14, 2013
Great Lakes Energy helps bring movies to Scottville

“Oz: The Great and Powerful” is Friday, Aug. 16.  SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Optimist Club, on behalf of the Scottville Clown Band Shell Committee, recently received a $1,900 grant from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. The money has been used to purchase a projector and other equipment for the free movie series started this summer. The band shell’s final…

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Harvest Festival queen competition applications being accepted

August 14, 2013

SCOTTVILLE — Preparation for the 2013 Harvest Festival Queen competition is underway and applications are now being accepted. The Harvest Festival Queen Pageant is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Applications can be picked up at the Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce office and Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main, Scottville, or found online at www.ludington.org/scottville-harvest-festival. The entry…

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