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Shelby State Bank promotions.

June 23, 2020

Shelby State Bank promotions. SHELBY — Shelby State Bank has announced the promotion of four individuals following the June meeting of the SSB Board of Directors. Kayla Dennert was promoted to vice president/commercial lender. Dennert joined the bank in 2008 as a seasonal teller while in college and has worked her way through loan review, credit analyst and commercial loan…

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No midway at this year’s county fair.

June 22, 2020

No midway at this year’s county fair. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — The 149th Annual Oceana County Fair is set for Aug. 24-29, but things will be a lot different due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Oceana County Agricultural Society has announced on the county fair website that there will not be a midway with carnival rides and games this…

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Heroes ensure Silver Lake fireworks blast off this year.

June 22, 2020

UPDATE: The fireworks are canceled Heroes ensure Silver Lake fireworks blast off this year. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — Since 1988, both visitors and locals alike look forward to the Thunder Over the Dunes fireworks display at Silver Lake for the Fourth of July. This year, however, many worried that the event wouldn’t go on due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Like so…

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It’s never too late to start something new.

June 22, 2020

It’s never too late to start something new. LUDINGTON — Aebok (pronounced A-bow) Morton has lived by this motto. And in this season of graduations, it’s never been truer. Morton, 50, of Ludington, recently earned her bachelor of science in nursing, an achievement marked less by graduation pomp and more by circumstance amid this global COVID-19 pandemic. “Nursing has always…

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Sheriff’s office responds to 4 injury crashes at dunes.

June 22, 2020

Sheriff’s office responds to 4 injury crashes at dunes. UPDATE: Sheriff Mast reported a fifth injury-causing crash over the weekend after this article was published. GOLDEN TOWNSHIP — The Oceana County Sheriff’s Office responded to four separate crashes at the ORV area of the Silver Lake State Park over the weekend. An off-duty doctor resuscitated two men who were unresponsive…

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