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Smith & Eddy designated “Best of Best” Fremont Insurance agency.

February 24, 2020

Smith & Eddy designated “Best of Best” Fremont Insurance agency. FREMONT — Smith and Eddy Insurance was recently designated a “Best of the Best” agency by Fremont Insurance for 2020. Smith and Eddy, which has offices in Scottville, Ludington and Manistee, is one of five agencies, in the top three percent of the company’s agency force, to earn this distinction.…

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Ludington Schools to break ground on new elementary.

February 24, 2020

Ludington Schools to break ground on new elementary. #LudingtonNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Ludington Area School District will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, March 6, 2020 at 10 a.m. to celebrate the start of construction on the district’s new elementary school, part of the $100 million bond issue passed by the community in May of 2019. The…

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DWLS arrests top weekend police activity.

February 24, 2020

DWLS arrests top weekend police activity. #MasonCountyCrime The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is police activity in Mason County over the weekend: Friday, Feb. 21, 2020: – 12:25 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), two-vehicle crash, US 10 at Jebavy Drive, Pere Marquette Township. – 1:43…

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Sheriff seeking additional road patrol sergeant.

February 22, 2020

Sheriff seeking additional road patrol sergeant. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole is asking the Mason County Board of Commissioners to approve the addition of a road patrol sergeant. Cole said the additional sergeant position is not an increase in staffing size nor is it an increase in the sheriff’s office budget. “In 2018 the…

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Pere Marquette man accused of bank fraud, tax offenses.

February 21, 2020

Pere Marquette man accused of bank fraud, tax offenses. GRAND RAPIDS — Paul Patrick Piper, 57, of Pere Marquette Township, was charged today in federal court for felony bank fraud and federal income tax offenses. According to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Michigan, Piper served for many years as the financial controller for Lake…

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