By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Five fire departments responded to a two-structure fire at 10944 N. Darr Rd. Tuesday evening, April 1. Firefighters were initially dispatched to a reported garage fire at 7:28 p.m. Upon arrival they discovered that a pole barn and an unattached house were both on fire. Nobody was home. Free Soil/Meade Township Fire…
GRANT TOWNSHIP — Emergency personnel were dispatched to a reported vehicle and grass fire Tuesday evening, finding out while en-route that a person had been shot at that location as well. At 7:56 p.m. Grant Township Fire Department was dispatched to Free Soil Road west of US 31 for the fire; the fire department had been on a working structure…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief This story has been updated with new information. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Three fire departments were dispatched to a house fire at 733 W. Hawley Rd. at 8:56 a.m. today, April 1, 2025. The house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived on scene within minutes of being dispatched. Riverton Fire Department Chief Joe Cooper had…
BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 44-year-old Ludington man fled from Mason County sheriff’s deputies Monday afternoon with his pickup truck reaching speeds of 100 mph before it struck a building, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. He then attempted to run, but was captured by a deputy. The sheriff’s office is seeking charges of fleeing and eluding police, operating while intoxicated…
Submitted by Duane Tyndall, Area 24 Special Olympics GRAND RAPIDS — Two basketball teams from Area 24 Special Olympics attended the State Basketball Tournament on Saturday, March 22 in Grand Rapids.. The Chaos and Tornados teams each earned a spot in the state tournament by winning their respective divisional districts in Shepard on March 1. The Area 24 Chaos basketball…
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