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Chamber recognizes businesses of the year, community service awards

September 19, 2024

LUDINGTON — The Chamber of Alliance of Mason County held its annual awards Wednesday evening held at the Lake House. At the event, House of Flavors, Inc., was awarded 2024 Business of the Year, Book Mark of Ludington was awarded 2024 Small Business of the Year and the JCI Ludington (also known as Ludington Area Jaycees) was awarded the Community…

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Teen arrested on three-count warrant 

September 19, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. LUDINGTON — An 18-year-old Ludington woman was arrested on a three-count warrant in the 600 block of East Danaher Street Wednesday, Sept. 18, shortly before 8:30 p.m., according to Cpt. Michael Haveman of the Ludington Police Department. The warrant was for two counts…

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Rescue robot helps save struggling Lake Michigan swimmers

September 18, 2024

LUDINGTON — Emergency personnel used a newly acquired rescue robot (EMILY device) to help save a 72-year-old man who was struggling in Lake Michigan, along with a 10-year-old boy who had drifted away on a raft Friday afternoon. An EMILY device is an Emergency, Integrated, Lifesaving Lanyard, which is a high-tech piece of equipment designed to swiftly reach individuals in…

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Police news, posted Sept. 18, 2024

September 18, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, Sept. 16, 2024: 5:36 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township. 6:11 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 and Stiles Road, Amber Township. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024: 4:42…

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12-hour car ride holding woman captive results in prison term

September 17, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A 23-year-old Sherman Township man was sentenced in Oceana County’s 51st Circuit Court Monday, Sept. 16, to three to 15 years in prison for a conviction of unlawful imprisonment after holding a 20-year-old woman captive in her own car for over 12 hours last October. Jehud Edreih-Deleon Ramirez, of 1968 E. Fountain Rd.,…

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