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PM Township beginning recreation plan survey

September 10, 2024

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Pere Marquette Charter Township is currently conducting a survey asking the public about their recreational activities and needs. The results of the survey will be applied towards the township’s 2025-2029 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan. The current recreation plan was approved by the township board of trustees in 2020 and outlined potential projects and actions…

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A few more tickets available for Historical Society gala

September 10, 2024

LUDINGTON — There are a limited amount of tickets left for the Mason County Historical Society’s second annual gala scheduled for  Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Stearns Hotel. The event is a major fundraiser for the Society. The cost is $75 per person. Click here to purchase tickets. “We held our first gala last year to coincide with the Ludington sesquicentennial and…

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Remembering Trooper Butterfield

September 9, 2024

Photos and story by Jeff Kiessel, MCP contributor  FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Emergency personnel, family and friends gathered along Custer Road on Monday to remember Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, who was killed in the line of duty by a gunman on Sept. 9, 2013 while conducting a routine traffic stop on Custer Road north of Townline Road. More…

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Former Johnny’s property has new purpose

September 9, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief CUSTER — Dan Quinn is reinventing a space that once was a Mason County icon. Over the past couple of years he has purchased the properties that were once home of Johnny’s of Custer. While Quinn has no intention to make any attempts to revitalize the entertainment complex, he is planning to rent the former roller…

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Lainsburg man arrested on multiple felony charges

September 9, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Lainsburg, Michigan man was arrested on a felony warrant for methamphetamine possession, resisting arrest, malicious destruction of police property and carrying a concealed weapon following a traffic stop near the intersection of Danaher and Emily streets Sunday, Sept. 8,…

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