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State urges residents to get flu vaccinations.

October 21, 2015
State urges residents to get flu vaccinations.

LANSING – The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) along with the Michigan Osteopathic Association (MOA) and Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS), urge all Michigan residents to protect themselves against influenza (flu) and its potentially life-threatening consequences by getting vaccinated. The MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories has already confirmed the first cases of influenza in the state for the…

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College partners with Great Michigan Read.

October 21, 2015
College partners with Great Michigan Read.

SCOTTVILLE – The public is invited to a book talk and conversation with Emily St. John Mandel, author of “Station Eleven,” as part of West Shore Community College’s participation in the Michigan Humanities Council’s Great Michigan Read. The presentation will take place on Wed., Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in WSCC’s Center Stage Theater. Mandel will discuss her work, answer…

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‘Hamburglars’ break into Cherry Hill Market

October 19, 2015
‘Hamburglars’ break into Cherry Hill Market

By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. SHELBY — “A large amount” of hamburger, bacon, brats, Bud Light beer and cigarettes were stolen during a breaking and entering of Cherry Hill Super Market over the weekend, according to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. A sheriff’s deputy was performing a property check at the grocery store, located at 424 N. State St., Saturday…

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The Armistice Day Storm: 75 years later.

October 17, 2015
The Armistice Day Storm: 75 years later.

This Living History series is sponsored by Cole’s Antique Villa, 120 N. Main St., Scottville, 231-936-1123, colesantiquesvilla.com. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Monday, Nov. 11, 1940 was a warm November day. Armistice Day started out with temperatures in the 60s. Three days earlier a storm hit the Northwestern shoreline with winds so strong that the Tacoma, Washington bridge collapsed.…

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Ohio woman dies following dune crash

October 17, 2015
Ohio woman dies following dune crash

GOLDEN TWP. — Leslyn Marie Yowell, 49, of Grove City, Ohio died following a crash on Test Hill in the ORV area of Silver Lake State Park Saturday, Oct. 17, at 1:34 p.m. Yowell was riding in the backseat in a 2012 Jeep Wrangler driven by her husband, according to the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. She was wearing a seatbelt,…

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