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Weekend police news.

April 27, 2020

Weekend police news. #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 weekend activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and the Ludington Police Department: Friday, April 24, 2020: – 6:25 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Mavis Road,…

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9 displaced after fire destroys PM Township house.

April 26, 2020

9 displaced after fire destroys PM Township house. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Fire destroyed a house and displaced seven adults and two children Sunday morning. Pere Marquette Township Fire Department was initially called to the Geraldo Lopez residence, 6728 W. Bryant Road, at 9:44 a.m. for a report of an unattended burning barrel. Two minutes…

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Court News, posted April 26, 2020

April 26, 2020

Court News, posted April 26, 2020 LUDINGTON — The following activity took place recently in Mason County’s courts. 79th District Court arraignments: Felonies Joseph Michael LeClair, 59, of 3516 W. Rasmussen Road, Pere Marquette Township, was arrested on April 23, 2020 by Michigan State Police, Hart Post, and charged with breaking and entering a building with intent to commit a…

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Shipwreck remains revealed near Ludington State Park.

April 25, 2020

Shipwreck remains revealed near Ludington State Park. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Remains of a shipwreck have recently been revealed on the beach near the entrance of the Ludington State Park. The Mason County Historical Society reported on its Facebook page that it had been notified by the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association of the shipwreck. Eric Harmsen, site manager for the MCHS’s Port…

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Fire destroys Picnic Lake house.

April 25, 2020

Fire destroys Picnic Lake house. #MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — Five fire departments fought a fire that destroyed a house Saturday afternoon. Fountain Area Fire Department and Free Soil/Meade Fire Department were called to the Jame Janicki residence at 6916 E. Millerton Road on the shore of Picnic Lake at 3:51 p.m. Upon arrival the first unit…

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