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Meet Wisconsin’s top Badger fans, the Manitowoc Mafia

August 14, 2013
Meet Wisconsin’s top Badger fans, the Manitowoc Mafia

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. MANITOWOC, Wis. — For the past 14 years a group of people have gathered at the Manitowoc carferry dock pretty much every day the S.S. Badger sails. The group size varies depending on the day. On this particular day, Monday, Aug. 12, there are six guys, hanging out in the chairs in the passenger staging area.…

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Harvest Festival queen competition applications being accepted

August 14, 2013

SCOTTVILLE — Preparation for the 2013 Harvest Festival Queen competition is underway and applications are now being accepted. The Harvest Festival Queen Pageant is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. Applications can be picked up at the Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce office and Scottville City Hall, 105 N. Main, Scottville, or found online at www.ludington.org/scottville-harvest-festival. The entry…

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Memorial garden will replace pond where boys drowned

August 13, 2013
Memorial garden will replace pond where boys drowned

CARR SETTLEMENT — Neighbors are coming together to help a family cope with a recent tragedy. On Aug. 1, 9-year-old Jethro Troyer and his 7-year-old brother Leander drowned in a recently dug pond on the family’s Tyndall Road farm. Neighbors Blake and Anna Mazurek are doing something to help remember the boys. They, along with other neighbors, have started an…

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US10/Brye Road traffic light malfunctioning

August 13, 2013

AMBER TWP. — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office reports the traffic light at U.S. 10-31 and Brye Road is malfunctioning. Motorists are asked to use extra caution while travelling through the intersection. Until it is repaired the light is set to flash yellow for U.S. 10-31 traffic and flash red for Brye Road traffic. Crews from the Michigan Department of…

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Rocky Horror Show workshop

August 13, 2013
Rocky Horror Show workshop

VICTORY TOWNSHIP – West Shore Community College, in co-production with the Manistee Civic Players, announces a free open workshop for “The Rocky Horror Show” on Monday, August 19,  at 7 p.m. at the Center Stage Theater. “The workshop will give auditioners a great chance to partake in ‘Rocky Horror’ character building activities,” says Rick Plummer, director of the production.  “They’ll get a first-look inside…

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