PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — AFFEW (A Few Friends of the Environment of the World) will hold its Earth Day celebration from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 at United Methodist Church of Ludington, 5810 W. Bryant Rd. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Our Power, Our Planet.” Doors open at 10 a.m. The event will include…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Quick thinking by a teenaged passerby, Michigan State Police officers and a Mason County sheriff’s deputy saved the life of 79th District Court Judge John Middlebrook. MSP Sgt. Michael Cuevas, MSP Trooper Matt Demny and Mason County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Priese were alerted by Landon Mosqueda, 16, of Ludington that Middlebrook…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Road Commission is responding to northern Michigan to assist with storm damage clean-up. As part of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s declaration of a state of emergency for 10 northern Lower Peninsula counties, 15 road commission crew members and various equipment left Scottville this morning, en-route to Otsego and Cheboygan counties. Accumulating ice…
GRANT TOWNSHIP — A shooting death in the Grant Township Cemetery Tuesday evening, April 1, was determined to be a suicide, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The death investigation followed a house fire at 10944 N. Darr Rd. in Free Soil Township Tuesday evening. It has also been determined that the home destroyed in the fire belonged to…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — A motorist who was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt by Michigan State Police Sgt. Michael Cuevas on US 10-31 Tuesday, April 1, at 12:30 p.m. was arrested on eight outstanding warrants and cited for sixth-offense driving while license suspended. Charges of methamphetamine possession and felon in possession of ammunition are pending review by the Mason…
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