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Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council awards grants

October 29, 2024

LUDINGTON—The Community Foundation for Mason County and the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) recently awarded more than $46,000 in new grants to community organizations in support of projects throughout Mason County. The Community Foundation for Mason County had $20,000 available during its fall competitive grant cycle to support projects that align with its strategic goal of education. A co-investment from House of Flavors, Inc. made it possible to award more than double the amount…

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LPD K-9 unit debuts

October 28, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — After a year of planning, Ludington Police Department’s K-9 unit had its first shift Sunday evening into Monday morning. Officer Bryan Sanders and Bella officially started duty at 6 p.m. Sunday. The concept of a K-9 unit for Ludington Police Department began in October 2023. Ludington Police Chief Chris Jones said the creation of…

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Shelby pair arrested after driving through sheriff’s office parking lot with meth

October 28, 2024

LUDINGTON — Over 8 grams of suspected methamphetamine were recovered during a traffic stop involving a 35-year-old Shelby man and a 45-year-old Shelby woman who drove through the Mason County Sheriff’s Office back parking lot with no functioning brake lights, no license plate and no insurance Friday, Oct. 25, shortly before 5 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Both…

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Man arrested for drunk driving following hit-and-run rollover crash

October 28, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old Muskegon man was arrested for operating while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident following a rollover crash Sunday, Oct. 27, around 4:30 a.m. on the US 31 freeway near US 10, said Mason County Sheriff Kim…

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Obituary: Clarence Vicent, 99, of Baldwin

October 28, 2024

Clarence “Peacock’ Vicent was born March 7, 1925, in Peacock to William and Edna Mae Vicent. Clarence was an inquisitive and strong-willed child. He had such a great love of trains that the lure of the train whistle would beckon him from his seat in the classroom of the small school he attended in rural Peacock. Clarence was an exceptionally…

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