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Door-to-door salesmen cause stir on Facebook

March 19, 2014

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  A post on Facebook suggesting that there are people going door to door posing as sales people and staking out homes to rob has gone viral. However, the people are actually real sales people, selling Kirby vacuums. The post was made Saturday by Autumn Adamczak. It read: ATTENTION EVERYONE IN MASON COUNTY ! There is two…

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Coastal water trail to debut this spring

March 18, 2014
Coastal water trail to debut this spring

LUDINGTON — Kayakers and canoeists who enjoy navigating the shoreline of Lake Michigan will find their voyage a little easier this year. The Sable Points Coastal Water Trail will debut. The trail is being spearheaded by the Mason-Lake and Oceana conversation districts. “We are traditionally known as an organization that works with farmers,” said Jordan DeVries, administrator of the Mason-Lake…

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Oceana suspect’s crime spree has Mason County links

March 18, 2014
Oceana suspect’s crime spree has Mason County links

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. HART — Detectives from Oceana County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a Hart man who is suspected in several breaking and entering incidents in Oceana and Mason counties. Daryl Eugene Essex, 32, has been charged with five multiple count warrants which include breaking and entering, home invasion, larceny of firearms, felon in possession of firearm and habitual…

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Deputies make several arrests since Friday

March 18, 2014
Deputies make several arrests since Friday

Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office made several arrests since Friday, mostly involving alcohol and marijuana. The following is the activity of MCSO from March 14 to March 17, 2014: March 14: – 6:10 a.m.: Car/deer, no injuries, Pere Marquette Hwy. and Kistler Rd., Summit Twp. – 6:39 a.m.: Reported prowler (unfounded), 5700 block of West Johnson Rd., Pere Marquette…

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Sunny early today

March 18, 2014
Sunny early today

The outdoor report for Mason County is sponsored by Superior Electric of Ludington: 231-845-0126; www.supelectric.com. Sunshine early today followed by cloudy skies this afternoon. High temperature of 41 degrees F. Winds, southeast at 10 to 20 mph. Sunset: 7:56 p.m. Tonight, considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers. Low 36 F. Winds, east-southeast at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain, 80%.…

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