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Coast Guard to host meeting addressing harbor traffic concerns

November 8, 2024

LUDINGTON — A town hall-style meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 13 to discuss proposed rules to alleviate safety concerns in the Ludington channel and Pere Marquette Lake. The meeting, hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard, will take place at 6 p.m. at the Ludington Municipal Building, 400 S. Harrison St. In late summer and early fall of this year,…

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Lowing named chair of West Shore Bank board

November 8, 2024

LUDINGTON — Bruce Lowing, former president and CEO of Hardman Construction, Inc. of Amber Township, has been named chairman of West Shore Bank Board of Directors. Lowing replaces Dennis B. McCarthy who retired from the board on Oct. 15 after 23 years of service to the bank board. McCarthy has served as chairman for nine years. He is president of…

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Suspect caught with stolen property after running from police

November 8, 2024

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 26-year-old Ludington man was captured by Mason County sheriff’s deputies after running away from them in the Tallman Lake area Thursday, Nov. 7, shortly after 10 a.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Deputies were patrolling the area for a man wanted on a parole violation warrant who also was a person of interest in…

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79th District Court sentencings, published Nov. 8, 2024

November 8, 2024

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Stacey Lynn Black, 60, pleaded guilty on Nov. 6 to a reduced charge of operating a vehicle while impaired by liquor and was sentenced to 93 days in jail (suspended sentence), must not buy/have/use alcohol or controlled substances, subject to random PBTs…

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Police news, published Nov. 8, 2024

November 8, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024: 6:40 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Hawley Road west of Schwass Road, Riverton Township. 10:56 a.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, 200 block of North Jebavy Drive,…

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