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79th District Court sentences, March 12, 2014

March 14, 2014
79th District Court sentences, March 12, 2014

79th District Court sentences as of March 12 By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON – The following defendants were sentenced this past week in 79th District Court: –         Kathie Sue Card, 52, of 4677 E. Fisher Rd., Custer, was found guilty March 6 of driver transporting open intoxicants. She was sentenced to $265 in fines and costs. Conviction reportable to the…

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Road weight and speed restrictions in effect

March 12, 2014

SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Road Commission will be placing seasonal weight and speed restrictions on select county roads beginning March 17 at 7 a.m. All county roads with the exception of state trunklines and county “all season” roads will restrict the maximum axle load by 35% per axle and truck speeds to 35 mph. Weight and speed restrictions are…

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Northwest Bank being sold to Chemical Bank

March 11, 2014

Traverse City-based Northwestern Bank is being bought out by Midland-based Chemical Bank for $120 million. Northwestern Bank has 25 branches in 11 northwestern Michigan counties, including Mason County branches in downtown Ludington and Amber Township and a branch in Manistee. “Given the similarity in our community-based approaches to meeting Michigan’s banking needs, Chemical was the clear choice as Northwestern’s go-forward…

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Eden man gets up to 15 years for rape of girl, stabbing her father

March 11, 2014
Eden man gets up to 15 years for rape of girl, stabbing her father

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — Stephen Mikel Fairlamb was sentenced to 4.5 to 15 years in prison today for having sex with a minor. He also received a concurrent sentence of 1 year, 3 months to 4 years for stabbing the 14-year-old girl’s father and was ordered to pay $74,242.63 in restitution. On Jan. 22, Fairlamb pleaded guilty in…

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3 arrested Monday, Tuesday morning

March 11, 2014
3 arrested Monday, Tuesday morning

Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office made three separate arrests Monday and early Tuesday morning. A 43-year-old Ludington man was arrested at 11:27 p.m. Monday on two outstanding contempt of court warrants from Kent County. The warrants were related to being behind in child support in the amounts of $10,694 and $15,135. The arrest took place at 143 N. Jebavy…

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