Shop offering formal gowns to open in Tuscola

TUSCOLA – For women and girls looking for the perfect formal gown, the search is about to get easier.

Sandy Hoke, longtime director of the Miss Moultrie-Douglas Pageant, will soon open a dress shop in Tuscola. She'll call it Dazzle Me Dresses. It'll be at 708 E. South Line Road in Tuscola, along U.S. 36.

Hoke hopes to open the store in May, and will sell pageant, prom, homecoming and wedding dresses.

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