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FiveCAP offering emergency food assistance

November 3, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — FiveCAP, Inc. is offering The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), which provides residents with access to essential food groups. “Buying food staples at the grocery store can quickly exhaust the budget of low-income families, especially given the high cost of items like fruit, vegetables and protein,” said Mary Trucks, executive director of FiveCAP. Trucks said families can stretch…

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Car/deer crashes on the rise

November 3, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is police activity over the weekend in Mason County: Friday, Oct. 31, 2025: 7:54 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway south of Meisenheimer Road, Summit Township. 8 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Hansen Road…

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79th District Court arraignments, published Oct. 31, 2025

October 31, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Tymara Kae Southwick, 34; two counts of failure to pay child support/leaving the state; date of offense: Oct. 1, 2020; charged by the Michigan State Attorney General’s office; arraigned Oct. 27; preliminary hearing: Nov. 12; bail: $5,000 cash. -Tanya Lucia Munoz,…

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Surprise 90th birthday for Ruth Olson

October 31, 2025

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A surprise 90th birthday party will be held for Ruth Olson on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, 2 to 5 p.m. at The Barn at Kibby Creek Campground, 4900 W. Deren Road. This is a paid posting.

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Women Who Care, Men Who Care to meet Tuesday

October 31, 2025

Women Who Care of Mason County and Men Who Care of Mason County will each meet, separately, on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Women Who Care of Mason County will meet at the United Methodist Church, 5810 Bryant Road, at 5:30 p.m. Men Who Care of Mason County will meet at the People’s Church, 115 W. Loomis St., also at 5:30 p.m. During the short…

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