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Great Lakes Energy People Fund grant app letters of interest deadline set.

August 30, 2021

Great Lakes Energy People Fund grant app letters of interest deadline set. The Great Lakes Energy People Fund is now accepting letters of interest and grant applications from non-profit organizations throughout its local service area for the fall grant cycle. Letters of interest are due by Oct. 1, 2021. If the letter of interest is approved, the applicant can then…

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Lane closures this week on Business Route US 31 near Pentwater.

August 30, 2021

Lane closures this week on Business Route US 31 near Pentwater. PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — Lane closures for resurfacing will be in effect this Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 1 and 2, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Business Route US 31 from Lakeshore Drive to 66th Avenue just east of US 31 near Pentwater, according to Michigan Department of Transportation…

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Severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m.

August 29, 2021

Severe thunderstorm watch until 7 p.m. The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for portions of Central and Northern Lower Michigan, including Oceana County, until 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29. “Strong to severe thunderstorms to affect Lower Michigan this afternoon into this evening. At 1:25 p.m. EDT, a line of scattered to numerous showers…

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Village, township to hold joint meeting to discuss water extension.

August 26, 2021

Village, township to hold joint meeting to discuss water extension. SHELBY — The Shelby Village Council and the Shelby Township Board will hold a joint meeting Monday, Aug. 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Shelby High School Library to discuss and hear public comments about a possible water extension outside the village limits for a proposed development project on Oceana…

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Shelby ends ‘pay to play’ for sports.

August 26, 2021

Shelby ends ‘pay to play’ for sports. SHELBY — The Shelby Public School Board recently voted to eliminate the district’s “pay-to-play” athletics program. “The pay-to-play program, created in 2013 as a response to the Great Recession, required families/students to pay a fee to participate in athletics, which helped offset the costs to maintain the programs,” states a press release from…

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