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Murder on Long Lake: A Mason County Great Depression tale

December 7, 2022

Murder on Long Lake: A Mason County Great Depression tale By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief An evening of drinking and romance in a cottage along Long Lake ended with the shooting death of a 52-year-old Indiana man in late October 1941 and eventual murder charges against a 38-year-old Branch woman.  Crystal (Landon) Jasper Anderson grew up a little over a mile…

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Front Page Sunday: MCP, Sept. 18, 1941: Welcome to Harvest Home Fesitval

October 9, 2022

Front Page Sunday: MCP, Sept. 18, 1941: Welcome to Harvest Home Fesitval Front Page Sunday is presented by the Mason County Historical Society in partnership with Mason County Press. During this series we will bring to you select front pages of the Mason County Press when it was a weekly newspaper, from 1938 to 1976 and then 1986-1987. By Rob…

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Front Page Sunday: MCP, April 12, 1972: Tornado Rips Mason County.

October 2, 2022

Front Page Sunday: MCP, April 12, 1972: Tornado Rips Mason County. Front Page Sunday is presented by the Mason County Historical Society in partnership with Mason County Press. During this series we will bring to you select front pages of the Mason County Press when it was a weekly newspaper, from 1938 to 1976 and then 1986-1987. In the evening…

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Front Page Sunday: MCP, May 8, 1975

September 25, 2022

Front Page Sunday: MCP, May 8, 1975 Front Page Sunday is presented by the Mason County Historical Society in partnership with Mason County Press. During this series we will bring to you select front pages of the Mason County Press when it was a weekly newspaper, from 1938 to 1976 and then 1986-1987.  By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief May 8, 1975…

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1932 Murder of teen shook Free Soil; justice was swift. 

August 3, 2022

1932 Murder of teen shook Free Soil; justice was swift.  By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief History Around the County is a presentation of Preferred Credit Union, www.preferredcu.org, located locally at 266 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington. Editor’s Note: I would like to thank Jake O’Brien for suggesting I research this case.  Like any history story I research and write, my information is…

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