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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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Carrie’s Weekend Picks for Kicks: July 4,5. 

July 2, 2015
Carrie’s Weekend Picks for Kicks: July 4,5. 

Today, we begin a weekly feature that will highlight some of the upcoming weekend events. Writer Carrie Klemm will present some of her top picks for the weekend with Carrie’s Weekend Picks for Kicks (we might change the name!).  By Carrie Klemm, OCP Writer. This weekend is full of local traditions and events. Here are a few highlights where you…

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Welcome to the world! Recent local births.

July 2, 2015
Welcome to the world! Recent local births.

Welcome to the world! Recent births are brought to you by Linda’s Baby Shop and Shelby Gem Factory. See more information about these fine businesses below.  Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise.  Alyssa Apple Gonzalez-Mendoza, the daughter of Melissa Mendoza and Celestino Gonzalez-Rivera of Walkerville, was born June 18, 2015. McKenna Marie Dillingham, the daughter of…

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Recent deaths, reported July 1, 2015.

July 1, 2015

Mark Veltman, 55, of Hesperia, died June 28, 2015.  Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home in Shelby. John ‘Tom’ Pangburn, 57, of Hart, passed away  June 29, 2015.  Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Hart. List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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Festival goer reported missing.

June 30, 2015
Festival goer reported missing.

GRANT TOWNSHIP — OCP has received a report of an Electric Forest Festival attendee who is missing. According to an email from Sheila Larson of Lake Preston, South Dakota, Evan Lyle Jensen was last seen packing up to leave the festival at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29. Larson said he was traveling with a large group who had planned to leave…

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