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WSCC, Michigan Works partner with Ludington hospital for RN apprentice program

November 7, 2022

WSCC, Michigan Works partner with Ludington hospital for RN apprentice program The first-ever registered nurse (RN) apprentice program in the state of Michigan was signed into effect Thursday at a ceremony held at Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant. Billed by Russell Davis, director of the Michigan Department of Apprenticeship, US Department of Labor as “a home run that can…

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Severe thunderstorm warning issued, 2:39 p.m.

November 5, 2022

Severe thunderstorm warning issued, 2:39 p.m. The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning, effective at 2:39 p.m., for Mason and Oceana counties, until 4:15 p.m. Severe thunderstorms were located along a line ine extending from 15 miles northwest of Silver Lake to 30 miles west of Grand Haven, moving northeast at 65 mph with wind gusts of…

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Pet food manufacturing facility to open in former Oceana Foods plant.

November 4, 2022

Pet food manufacturing facility to open in former Oceana Foods plant. The company will add 99 jobs, invest $27 million in renovations. SHELBY — The Right Place, Inc. announced that Perdue Farms, a fourth-generation, family-owned, US food and agriculture company based in Salisbury, Maryland, plans to invest over $27 million to renovate the former Oceana Foods facility that closed last…

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Local businesses defrauded roughly $250,000 by organized scam operation. 

November 4, 2022
Local businesses defrauded roughly $250,000 by organized scam operation. 

Local businesses defrauded roughly $250,000 by organized scam operation.  By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — Businesses in Oceana and Mason counties were defrauded a total of approximately $250,000 by a sophisticated scam operation that involved cashing fake payroll checks. “There are three stores in Oceana that were impacted by a group of scammers that came up from Central America, Honduras,…

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Child fentynal death case against mom bound over to circuit court

November 2, 2022

Child fentynal death case against mom bound over to circuit court. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. EDITOR’S NOTE: As Jodi Michelle Neino sat in the audience awaiting her case to be called before Judge John Middlebrook, she attempted to intimidate the writer of this article by constantly glaring at her for over an hour. When her case was called before the…

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