Concerns raised over county employee insurance premium increases. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Mason County government employees have recently been hit by a significant increase in their health insurance deductibles and co-pays, causing several employees, including sheriff’s deputies, to seek employment elsewhere. Sheriff Kim Cole, along with two of his sergeants, Magistrate Paddy Baker, and Prosecutor Paul Spaniola,…