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Henderson appointed president of regional tour

June 16, 2014

PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — Brandy Henderson, executive director of the Ludington Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, has been appointed to serve as president of Michigan’s Great Outdoors (MGO), a six-county regional tourism organization representing Manistee, Mason, Lake, Oceana, Wexford and Newaygo counties. Established in 2003, the organization serves as a marketing collaborative with a mission to promote tourism for a…

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Fire destroys family cottage

June 16, 2014
Fire destroys family cottage

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — A cottage that had been in a family for generations was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. Patrick Shinn said he and his wife, Carleen, were woken by a noise just after midnight. He said something had been getting into their trash lately, so he suspected that is what is was. “Then,…

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Legends Taxidermy has international reputation

June 14, 2014
Legends Taxidermy has international reputation

Locally Made. By Kate Krieger. Senior Correspondent. As a native of Ludington, I thought it would be a great idea to feature many area businesses that I had either grown up with or businesses that I had become familiar with in the more recent years of my life. I wanted to promote what the businesses had to offer the local…

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Muskegon man dies in logging accident

June 13, 2014

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  EDEN TWP. — A 46-year-old Muskegon County died this afternoon after a tree he was cutting struck him in the head. At 1:33 p.m., the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, Riverton Fire Dept., Custer Fire Dept. and Carr Area Fire Dept., along with Life EMS ambulance, were called to an area 1.5 miles southwest of the intersection…

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79th District Court arraignments

June 13, 2014
79th District Court arraignments

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned this past week in front of the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – William Joseph Handshoe, 20, no address listed, was arrested June 6 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) on four felony counts of criminal sexual conduct, first degree (under 13). A preliminary exam is set for…

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