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Conservation District offering well testing for nitrate.

July 5, 2016
Conservation District offering well testing for nitrate.

#MasonCountyNews SCOTTVILLE — The Mason-Lake Conservation District is offering well screening day on Tuesday, July 12 at the district’s office, located in the US Department of Agriculture Service Center, 655 N. Scottville Road. The conservation district, as part of the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance (MAEAP) is offering the free nitrate testing service from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day.…

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Clerk candidate to speak at Tea Party meeting.

July 5, 2016
Clerk candidate to speak at Tea Party meeting.

AMBER TOWNSHIP — Mason County clerk candidate Mary Alway will be the guest speaker for this month’s Ludington Area Tea Party meeting, scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Gospel Light Baptist Church, 105 N. Dennis Road. Alway is running as a Republican for the position. Her opponent is Cheryl Kelly, who is the current clerk, who was appointed…

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Ludington trucker involved in Oceana crash.

July 5, 2016
Ludington trucker involved in Oceana crash.

#OceanaCountyNews #US31Crash By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. A 25-year-old Ludington semi-truck driver rear-ended two vehicles, one of which was transporting a family of five from Port Huron, on US 31 near Stony Lake Road Tuesday afternoon, July 5, in heavy southbound traffic, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. Jonathon William Ashley was driving a 2016 Freightliner owned by…

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Fountain man allegedly punches deputy in the face, head.

July 5, 2016
Fountain man allegedly punches deputy in the face, head.

#MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — Jeremy Richard Sobers, 39, 3757 N. Reek Rd., Sherman Township, was arrested July 3 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) on felony charges of assault by strangulation, domestic violence and two counts of resisting/opposing/obstructing police. Sobers was arrested  after allegedly knocking a Mason County sheriiff’s deputy to the ground and repeatedly punching the deputy in the…

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Scottville woman injured in Jebavy Dr. crash.

July 5, 2016
Scottville woman injured in Jebavy Dr. crash.

#MasonCountyNews #HamlinTownship HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Scottville woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on Jebavy Drive. According to Dep. Ken Baum of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a Chevrolet Impala, driven by the 19-year-old woman, was north on Jebavy Drive and rear-ended a Chevrolet Camaro, driven by a 63-year-old Ludington man. Dep. Baum said the driver…

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