HAMLIN TWP. — Fire destroyed a house at 4372 N Lincoln Rd. Saturday night around 11:30 p.m. Nobody was home at the time of the fire. Mason-Oceana 911 was alerted of the fire through an alarm company, the result of both burglar and smoke alarms going off. Mason County Sheriff’s Office deputies were the first on scene. They said the house…
MANISTEE — Thousands of people are arriving at Manistee High School to attend the funeral of Trooper Paul Butterfield. A vast majority of those arriving are law enforcement personnel from all over Michigan and beyond. Mason, Oceana and Lake counties are well represented. A procession of dozens of emergency vehicles left the Home Depot parking lot at 10:20 a.m. and…
LUDINGTON – Eric John Knysz, 19, 1844 10 Mile Road, Luther, Lake County, faces a life sentence for the murder of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield. Knysz was arraigned this afternoon in front of Patricia Baker, magistrate of the 79th District Court. The arraignment took place over video monitors, with Knysz at the Mason County Jail and the proceedings…
LUDINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed a motion to enter the Consent Decree, allowing Lake Michigan Carferry to discharge coal ash until the end of the 2014 season. The agreement will result in the elimination of the Badger’s ash discharge prior to the start of the 2015 sailing season. “The…
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