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Drowning victim’s 9-year-old sister tried to save her.

September 21, 2016
Drowning victim’s 9-year-old sister tried to save her.

#OceanaCountyNews #Pentwater By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. PENTWATER — The 10-year-old Lansing girl who drowned in Lake Michigan Monday afternoon, Sept. 19, was paddle boarding with her 9-year-old sister, and the two girls were unsupervised, according to Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Craig Mast. Hannah Harris drowned after falling off a paddle board approximately a half mile north of Charles Mears…

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Dancing with the Local Stars event to raise money for Ludington schools foundation.

September 21, 2016
Dancing with the Local Stars event to raise money for Ludington schools foundation.

#LudingtonAreaSchools HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The Oriole Foundation, the fundraising organization of Ludington Area School District, will hold Dancing with the Local Stars event on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Lincoln Hills Golf Club, 1527 N. Lakeshore Dr. The event will feature local “stars” who will take the dance floor and raise money for the foundation, which…

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Obituary: Joan Allison, 77, Ludington.

September 21, 2016

#MasonCountyDeaths Joan Marie Allison, 77, of Ludington, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday September 19, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. She was born to Harcourt E. and Arlene M. (Tonn) Quick in Scottville at the home of her grandparents, Albert and Ida Tonn, on their wedding anniversary, January 13, 1939. Joan first began working at…

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Recent deaths, reported Sept. 21, 2016.

September 21, 2016

#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. Allen E. Kester Jr., 84, of Branch passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here. 

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Citizen honored for coming to deputy’s aid.

September 20, 2016
Citizen honored for coming to deputy’s aid.

  #MasonCountyPeople By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sometimes doing the right thing means risking your own personal safety. That’s a choice that Amber Township resident Jared Shillinger made on June 25 when he was driving on North Stiles Road and came across a Mason County sheriff deputy dealing with an unruly subject. Deputy Matt Moss was just over a…

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