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No school for MCC Friday and Monday.

February 8, 2016
No school for MCC Friday and Monday.

SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central students will enjoy a long weekend as there is no school for them on Friday, February 12, or Monday, February 15.  Staff will be participating in an all-day inservice on Friday, while Monday is the district mid-winter break day.  Building and central offices will be open until 3 p.m,. on Friday and closed all day Monday.

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Larceny, fraud, domestic assaults among police activity.

February 8, 2016
Larceny, fraud, domestic assaults among police activity.

Local law enforcement activity over the weekend includes: Friday, Feb. 5, 2016: – 12:34 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), assault, 200 block of S. James St., City of Ludington. – 5:29 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), domestic assault, E. Wilkinson Rd., Custer Township. – 11:20 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 25-year-old Branch man was arrested on an outstanding warrant…

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13-year-old South Carolina teen charged in Christian school bomb threat.

February 8, 2016
13-year-old South Carolina teen charged in Christian school bomb threat.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 13-year-old Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina teen has been charged in Jan. 19 bomb threat at Covenant Christian School in Amber Township. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole announced this morning that the teen was involved in online gaming with two local teens. The teen has been charged in South Carolina under a felony punishable…

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Man revived after kayak flips in Big Sable River.

February 7, 2016

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old Ludington man has been hospitalized following a near-drowning this afternoon at Ludington State Park. According to Mason County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Steve Hansen, the man was riding in a kayak when it flipped over near the Big Sable River dam. Hansen said he was participating in a video shoot. The…

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Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in Covenant Christian School bomb threat.

February 5, 2016
Sheriff’s Office makes arrest in Covenant Christian School bomb threat.

LUDINGTON — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it has arrested an out-of-state individual in connection to the January 19, 2016 bomb threat at Covenant Christian School in Amber Township. The threat, which was made by email, occurred just after noon on that day and meant that the school’s 90 students and its staff members had to be…

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