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By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. VICTORY TWP. — For 50 years Marthe Cohn kept the story of her role in World War II to herself. She didn’t think what she had done was that significant. But, Cohn, a French-born Jew, played an important role as a spy which likely saved thousands of lives. The 93-year-old spoke today in front of a…
Solveig K. Raspotnik, aged 85 of Shelby, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the Oceana Medical Care Facility in Hart. Solveig was born on February 29, 1928 in Holmenkollen, Norway to Karelius and Johanne (Stavik) Krailhussen, and earned her Master’s Degree in Languages from the University of Oslo, Norway. Solveig was an accomplished skier and was a member of the…
LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has launched its new Pure Ludington website in preparation for the 2013 visitor season in an effort to better assist the visitor in their vacation planning. “We are very excited about the launch of our re-vamped PureLudington.com,” said Executive Director Brandy Henderson. “We have been working over the past year…
LUDINGTON — The 26th annual Ludington Petnunia Parade is scheduled for planting on Saturday, May 18 beginning at 10 a.m. The Ludington Optimist Club will be serving lunch for the volunteers after the planting at the City Park ( planters do not need to have clean hands to have lunch). The parade was started in 1987 by Ellery and Sue…
SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville public safety committee agreed this afternoon to hire Donald Riley of Walhalla as the city’s part-time police chief. The committee members, along with City Manager Amy Williams, discussed the options available to the police department and unanimously decided hiring a part-time chief and keeping the current full-time officers was the best fit for Scottville. The city…
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