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Scottville employees to receive pay increases

November 18, 2013

SCOTTVILLE — Scottville city employees will receive their first pay increase in five years if the city commission approves tonight. City Manager Amy Williams said the city employees took a 5% pay reduction in 2008. Since that time, the city has frozen wages. She said the city’s finance committee is recommending a 2% pay increase, effective immediately. The wages will…

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Farm equipment may have gone airborne Sunday night

November 18, 2013
Farm equipment may have gone airborne Sunday night

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TWP. — Mason County saw very little damage from Sunday’s high winds. However, a strange thing occurred at one Amber Township residence. James and Liz East awoke this morning to find an animal feeder had appeared in their yard at 830 N. Dennis Road. The only logical place where it could have come from was…

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Scottville residents reminded of parking restrictions

November 18, 2013

SCOTTVILLE — The City of Scottville’s winter parking ordinance is in effect. Parking on any city street between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. is prohibited, to allow for snowplowing. Special parking permits are required for downtown residents to park in the city’s parking lots.

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West Shore Bank, stores team up for Spirit of Giving

November 18, 2013

LUDINGTON – West Shore Bank, along with Shop-N-Save of Ludington, Hansen Foods in Hart, and Oleson’s Foods in Manistee, are teaming up this holiday season and challenging area residents and businesses to show their “Spirit of Giving!” This is West Shore Bank’s fifth year to team up with local food store partners to offer special pricing for the purchase of…

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Big storm, little damage here

November 18, 2013

Mason County was spared much of the damage caused by Sunday’s storm. While areas south saw lots of fallen trees and are currently without electricity, damage seems to have been light here. Fountain and Free Soil/Meade fire departments were called out late Sunday morning for lines down, but no other departments were called out for storm-related issues the rest of…

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