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Man with 18 priors arrested for driving with suspended license.

September 10, 2021

Man with 18 priors arrested for driving with suspended license. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 44-year-old Manistee man with 18 prior criminal convictions was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies following a traffic stop Thursday, Sept. 9, shortly after 8 a.m. for…

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New Era man injured when motorcycle hits deer.

September 10, 2021

New Era man injured when motorcycle hits deer. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 59-year-old New Era man was injured after the motorcycle he was operating struck a deer and crashed Thursday, Sept. 9, at 12:40 p.m. on Lakeshore Drive near Chauvez Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. He was transported by Life EMS to Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. …

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Ludington woman injured in crash.

September 10, 2021

Ludington woman injured in crash. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A 28-year-old Ludington woman received non-life-threatening injuries after the vehicle she was operating ran off the road and overturned on Morton Road south of Marrison Road Thursday, Sept. 9, at 8:40 a.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. She was transported by Life EMS to Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Please consider…

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Remembering Trooper Butterfield.

September 9, 2021

Remembering Trooper Butterfield. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Sept. 9, 2013. Eight years ago today, Trooper Paul Butterfield of the Michigan State Police, was murdered alongside Custer Road, just north of Townline Road. Since Sept. 9, 2014, Shirley and Jerry Chancellor of the Fountain Area Fire Department, organized a memorial service at the site, where a roadside…

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LASD hires interim superintendent.

September 9, 2021

LASD hires interim superintendent. LUDINGTON — Ludington Area Schools Board of Education hired Peg Mathis as its interim superintendent during a special meeting Wednesday, Sept. 8. Mathis served 10 years as superintendent of Newaygo Public Schools, retiring in June. She had also served as assistant principal at Kenowa Hills High School in Grand Rapids. The resignation of Superintendent Jason Kennedy…

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