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Rural Fire Authority to receive $416K grant to buy air packs. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER — The Mason County Rural Fire Authority will receive a $416,000 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management. The money will be used to purchase air packs and air filling equipment for the fire authority’s seven fire departments. “This is huge…
Law enforcement continues to make US 10 corridor safety a priority. #MasonCountyNews #US10 By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Two weeks ago, our community lost two of its citizens in a fatal traffic crash on the US 10 five-lane highway (known as the US 10 corridor). A husband and wife, riding on a motorcycle, were killed after a motorist attempted to make…
Sunday evening crash victim identified. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man who died in a motorcycle crash Sunday evening. Justin James Paulsen, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene after the 2001 Suzuki he was driving struck a deer on Decker Road west of Tyndall Road…
The Land: Weldon Creek 4-H/Shoup, 65 years at the fair. #TheLand #WesternMichiganFair By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. For the past year, Mason County Press has presented The Land, a series that focuses on local agriculture. In the next few weeks, we will feature special editions to The Land, in preparation of the 79th Western Michigan Fair, which is scheduled for…
1 taken to hospital following US 10-31 crash. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP — Emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash in front of Root’s Tire (Wonderland Tire) at 1944 W. US 10-31 Thursday morning. The crash occurred just after 9 a.m. when a Chevrolet Malibu, driven by a 66-year-old Custer woman, rear-ended a Chevrolet SS pickup,…
