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Scottville teen receives jail time for accident

June 4, 2013
Scottville teen receives jail time for accident

LUDINGTON — Skip Roy-Ernest Lange was sentenced to up to one year in jail today for operating a vehicle while intoxicating causing serious injury. The 18-year-old Scottville resident was the driver of a vehicle that caused an accident on May 29, 2012 on Ludington Avenue. The accident caused Mark McBride of Grant Township, a passenger in his vehicle, to lose…

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Bacon sentenced to 1 year in jail

June 4, 2013
Bacon sentenced to 1 year in jail

LUDINGTON — Former Mason County Eastern Public Schools business manager Robert Crane Bacon was sentenced today to one year in the Mason County Jail; he must also pay over $110,000 in restitution. In April the 67-year-old Custer Township resident pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court on the charge of embezzlement. Bacon was accused of taking over $96,000 from Mason County…

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Sheriff office looking for fish thief

June 4, 2013
Sheriff office looking for fish thief

AMBER TWP. — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is asking people if they know who the person in this photograph is. He allegedly stole two boxes of frozen fish from Walters Fisheries at 4728 W. Sixth St. around 5:30 a.m. May 29. “This looks like the same suspect in past thefts, five since 2009,” Chief Deputy Bob Brown said. “This…

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Temps in low 60s along lake shore, high 60s in Scottville

June 4, 2013
Temps in low 60s along lake shore, high 60s in Scottville

Superior Electric Beach/Outdoors Report.  Here are the current conditions for the Lake Michigan shoreline and Mason County (including Pentwater) as of 10 a.m. Lake Michigan water temperatures:  Ludington Stearns Park: 39 F Ludington State Park (Big Sable Point): 47 F Summit Park: 41 F Pentwater: 47 F   Afternoon air temperatures:  Ludington: Partly cloudy, becoming mostly cloudy by mid-afternoon; 61…

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Scottville will warn code violators

June 3, 2013

SCOTTVILLE — Almost 30 property owners will be receiving letters from the City of Scottville informing them that it’s time to clean up their property or fix their house. The City Commission discussed the property code violators Monday during its regular meeting. City Manager Amy Williams said violations vary from houses needing paint, siding or other repairs or the property,…

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