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#MasonCountyCares Zonta members donate blankets to COVE. LUDINGTON — The Zonta Club of Ludington Area recently donated new blankets to COVE (Communities Overcoming Violent Encounters) to be used by the organization’s shelter. Pictured from left, are: Sandy Saxman, Kathy Brown, Sandie Holcombe, Barb Wood, Dori Bray, Kathy Couturier, Lindsay Reynolds, Kate Sanford, Jayne Budzynski, Nancy Sorensen, Donna Yager, Karen Shineldecker, Angie…

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West Shore Bank, customers raise funds for 830 holiday meals.  #MasonCountyCares. LUDINGTON — West Shore Bank, in partnership with Shop-N-Save of Ludington, Hansen Foods in Hart, Family Fare in Manistee, and Shop-N-Save in Benzonia, will distribute 830 meals to food banks in Oceana, Mason, Manistee and Benzie counties as a result of the recent West Shore Bank Spirit of Giving…

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Scottville planning commission opposes main floor downtown apartments. #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Planning Commission is recommending that the City Commission deny a variance request by a downtown building owner to allow permanent residency on the main floor of his building. Ludington-based attorney Mark Pehrson, who owns 113 S. Main St., has requested the variance after city officials discovered that…

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Deputies, prosecutor, medics receive honors from sheriff. #MasonCountyHeroes By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole and Undersheriff Jody Hartley honored several men and women during Tuesday night’s monthly meeting of the Mason County Board of Commissioners at the Mason County Courthouse. Three people were honored for their role in investigating and prosecuting the disappearance and murder…

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