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West Shore Bank offers advice for Target customers

December 20, 2013

LUDINGTON — Target stores confirmed Thursday morning that over 40 million of its customers may have had their financial information compromised between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. The breach occurred through credit card transaction machines at all Target stores. The closest Target store to Mason County is located in Norton Shores. If you shopped at any Target store during the…

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County, city settle excessive force lawsuit with McAdam

December 20, 2013

An arbitrator has ruled in a federal lawsuit filed against the City of Ludington and Mason County regarding allegations of excessive force against Ludington resident Joe McAdam. Arbitrator Bruce Neckers ruled in favor of one of the allegations but rules against two other allegations. The case stems from a July 20, 2009 traffic stop of Joe’s mother, Susan McAdam at…

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Sheriff’s office investigates crashes, alarms

December 20, 2013

The following is the activity of Mason County Sheriff’s Office from Dec. 18 and 19, 2013: Dec. 18: – 12:58 a.m.: Alarm activation, 2000 block of West U.S. 10, Amber Twp. – 6:33 a.m.: Alarm activation, 2000 block of East U.S. 10, Custer Twp. – 7:28 a.m.: Alarm activation, 100 block of South Pere Marquette Highway, PM Twp. – 7:55…

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Fishing report

December 20, 2013

The following fishing report is provided by the Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources: Pere Marquette River: Fishing was a bit slower but anglers are still taking some nice steelhead and a few brown trout. Some are bottom bouncing flies or spawn while others are swinging flies. Lake Cadillac: Ice fishing is on for the west side of the lake however the east…

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Top stories reader survey

December 19, 2013

Mason County has seen it’s fair share of news in 2013. Some good and some bad. We would like your input to help us decide which stories had the most impact on our community in 2013. Please take a moment to fill out this one-answer survey, selecting the top stories. Thanks, Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SURVEY HERE

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