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Recent deaths, posted March 30, 2017.

March 30, 2017

#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP: Mikala Linn Raven, 30, of Ludington, died on Monday, March 27, 2017. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. Kenneth Essler, 86, of Ludington, died on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. Gary Wayne Wickery, 78, of Ludington, died on Monday, March…

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5 vehicles involved in Chauvez Road crash.

March 29, 2017

5 vehicles involved in Chauvez Road crash.  #Riverton #MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway and Dan Vargas of MCP.  RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Five vehicles were involved in a crash on Chauvez Road Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred about 5 p.m. when an eastbound pickup truck was attempting to make a left turn into the Indian Summer processing plant parking lot and was…

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FiveCAP receives $1.2 million in federal funding.

March 28, 2017

FiveCAP receives $1.2 million in federal funding.  SCOTTVILLE — FiveCAP, Inc. was recently awarded $1.2 million from the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a press release from U.S. senators Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow. The funding will be used to support expanded Early Head Start programs for children through the Scottville-based agency’s Early Head Start Child Care…

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Special Olympics teams take the gold at state tourney.

March 26, 2017

Special Olympics teams take the gold at state tourney.  #Area24SpecialOlympics. GRAND RAPIDS — While the Ludington Orioles boys basketball team was representing Mason County this weekend in the state finals in East Lansing, two other basketball teams represented the area at a state tournament and took home gold metals Saturday. The Area 24 Special Olympics teams, A24 Green and A24 Black,…

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The Orioles have made all of Mason County proud.

March 26, 2017

The Orioles have made all of Mason County proud.  #GoOs #StateChampionship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  EAST LANSING — The story of the 2016-2017 Ludington Orioles boys varsity basketball team isn’t so much about a basketball game as it about citizenship, sportsmanship, and unity. While the Orioles lost to the New Haven Rockets Saturday 45-36 in the Michigan High School Athletic…

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