Editorial by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. On Dec. 14, 2012, Mason County Sheriff-Elect Kim Cole was driving home from the Michigan State Sheriff’s Association Sheriff School. Kim had been elected just over a month prior to that, after spending over 25 years as a road deputy. He received a phone call from then-Custer Fire Chief John Allison (who has since passed away).…
Letter to the Editor, by Rep. Dan Benishek, Michigan’s 1st Congressional District. Some of the fondest memories of my youth involve heading out into the woods western Upper Peninsula to hunt with friends and family. My father had been killed in a mining accident when I was a kid, but I learned to hunt and shoot from people in our community…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole has given the all clear at Covenant Christian School. The school received a bomb threat about noon today. At 4:57 p.m. the school texted its staff and parents stating the sheriff had declared the school safe and that school is scheduled to resume Wednesday, Jan. 20. A bomb…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP — Today’s bomb threat to Covenant Christian School may be part of a national spoof. The school, located at 2980 W. U.S. 10-31, received a bomb threat shortly after noon today. National news agencies have reported that dozens of bomb threats have taken place today in the Midwest and Northeast, via telephone. Reuters reported…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP — Covenant Christian School was evacuated this afternoon after the school received a bomb threat. School staff contacted Mason-Oceana 911 at 12:07 p.m. and the school was immediately evacuated while emergency personnel responded to the school at 2980 W. U.S. 10-31. Students and staff were bused to Mason County Reformed Church at U.S. 10-31…
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