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Stakenas Farms hosting Breakfast on the Farm Saturday, July 11.

July 8, 2015
Stakenas Farms hosting Breakfast on the Farm Saturday, July 11.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — There’s just something about having a meal on a farm. I was lucky to be able to catch lunch when I visited Stakenas Farms on Tuesday. As I rolled up to the barn I was greeted by Bill Stakenas and his son-in-law Seth Earl. Ed “Duke” Stakenas, the family patriarch, was…

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Recent deaths, reported July 7, 2015.

July 7, 2015

Betty Horton, 93, of Hart and formerly of Montague, died July 6, 2015. Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home in Shelby. Edward L. Buchner, 81, of Hesperia died July 5, 2015.  Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home in Shelby. Richard G. Near, 83, of New Era died July 7, 2015.  Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home in Shelby. List of 2015 deaths on…

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Public invited to Trooper Butterfield highway dedication.

July 7, 2015
Public invited to Trooper Butterfield highway dedication.

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP (Mason County) — The public is invited to attend the dedication ceremony of the Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield Highway on Monday, July 13, 2015 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club, 1527 N. Lakeshore Dr./M-116. M-116 from the Lincoln River to the Ludington State Park is being dedicated in honor of Trooper Butterfield who was killed in the…

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From 13 free and independent states.

July 5, 2015

The Mitten Memo. A blog by Nick Krieger.  Yesterday, the United States of America celebrated its 239th birthday.  Did you watch the parade and fireworks?  We all know that the Fourth of July is the day when we celebrate our nation’s independence from Great Britain, right? Well, sort of.  The events of July 4, 1776, were neither the beginning nor…

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Happy 239th birthday, USA!

July 4, 2015
Happy 239th birthday, USA!

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and…

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