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Sheriff Cole addresses Rolling Thunder Annual Ride for Freedom at Capitol

May 26, 2025

LANSING — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole was the featured speaker Sunday, May 25, during the Rolling Thunder Annual Ride for Freedom gathering at the Michigan Capitol. The gathering honored families of prisoners of war, military personnel missing in action and Gold Star families. Joining Sheriff Cole was Ludington High School student Sawyer Henrickson of Miss Sawyer’s Kids with a…

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Judee Larsen wasn’t a farmer’s wife — she was a farmer

May 24, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Judee Larsen was nothing short of a farming legend in Mason and Oceana counties. The matriarch of Larsen Farms, based in Victory Township, Judee passed away at her home following lengthy health challenges, on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the age of 82. Judee was not a farmer’s wife. She was a farmer.…

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Weather Alert: Frost advisory issued for tonight

May 24, 2025

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory from 1 to 8 a.m. Sunday, May 25. Temperatures are forecasted to drop to 33 degrees which will result in frost formation. The advisory is for Mason, Lake, Clare, and Osceola counties.   _________________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with email news alerts for…

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Scottville Clown Band awards $18,000 in music camp scholarships

May 23, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Clown Band has announced the recipients of its 2025 Raymond Schulte Memorial Scholarships. This year, the band has awarded 50 scholarships, totaling $18,000 to middle school and high school students attending summer performing arts programs, the highest amount in its history. Funds for the scholarships were provided through the Clown Band’s George F. Wilson Memorial Endowment…

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Jury convicts Scottville man on four counts of child rape

May 23, 2025

LUDINGTON — Charles Bernard Robinson, 47, of Scottville was convicted on multiple child rape charges today in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court following a two-day jury trial. Robinson was arrested in October 2024 and charged with three counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and one count of fourth degree CSC. The four counts involved sexual assaults on four…

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