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Phillips to appear in court today; Baby Kate murder trial scheduled for later this month.

September 6, 2016
Phillips to appear in court today; Baby Kate murder trial scheduled for later this month.

#MasonCountyCourtNews #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sean Michael Phillips is scheduled to appear in 51st Circuit Court at the Mason County Courthouse today at 1 p.m. for a final conference. Phillips is currently serving the fourth year of a 10 to 15 year prison sentence for the unlawful imprisonment of Katherine Phillips. Katherine, also known as “Baby Kate”…

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Search and rescue exercise this weekend.

September 6, 2016
Search and rescue exercise this weekend.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEmergencyServices A search and rescue exercise will take place in the Manistee National Forest in Free Soil and Meade townships on Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 10. The exercise is being coordinated by Mason County Emergency Management and will include local, state and federal emergency response agencies. Each county is required to conduct at least one exercise annually,…

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Scottville man, father of 2, dies in Manistee Co. crash.

September 4, 2016
Scottville man, father of 2, dies in Manistee Co. crash.

#ManisteeCountyNews #MasonCountyNews MARILLA TOWNSHIP (Manistee County) — A 25-year-old Scottville man died following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of 13-Mile and Marilla roads Sunday about noon. Wesley Skinner was a passenger in a minivan that was driven by a 24-year-old Scottville woman. The minivan was struck by a pickup truck, driven by a 20-year-old Hastings man. According to…

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Vehicle strikes house following crash.

September 3, 2016
Vehicle strikes house following crash.

#MasonCountyNews #PereMarquetteTownship PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A two-vehicle crash resulted in one of the vehicles striking a house Saturday morning. The crash occurred about 8 a.m. at the intersection of South Pere Marquette Highway and West Chauvez Road. According to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a GMC Terrain SUV, driven by a 30-year-old Wayland man, was eastbound on Chauvez and…

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Fire destroys boat on Bass Lake, causes fuel spill.

September 2, 2016
Fire destroys boat on Bass Lake, causes fuel spill.

#MasonCountyNews #BassLakeBoatFire #SummitTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 20-foot boat caught fire while docked in Bass Lake Friday afternoon. The 44-year-old boat owner was on the boat when it suddenly was engulfed in flames, Mason County Sheriff Marine Deputy Mark Willis said. The man suffered from minor burns but refused medical treatment. Willis said the man told…

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