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Coming Home Parade will welcome veterans back from Friday fishing tournament.

June 23, 2016
Coming Home Parade will welcome veterans back from Friday fishing tournament.

#MasonCountyNews #FishOnForFreedom By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The second annual Fish On For Freedom veterans’ free fishing tournament takes place Friday morning. The weather forecast is calling for clear skies with temperatures in the upper ‘70s. The event organizers are asking those on land to help welcome the veterans back to shore for the Coming Home boat parade in…

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Smith & Eddy’s Stephanie Cosenza: Helping others is her strength.

June 23, 2016
Smith & Eddy’s Stephanie Cosenza: Helping others is her strength.

#Smith&EddyInsurance #MasonCountyPeople By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — A common theme among the employees of Smith & Eddy Insurance seems to be a strong pride in being able to help other people, whether it’s at work or in their personal lives. Stephanie Cosenza is no exception. Stephanie has worked at Smith & Eddy since 2015. She grew up on the…

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Vehicle crashes into utility pole, closing Quarterline Rd.

June 23, 2016
Vehicle crashes into utility pole, closing Quarterline Rd.

#MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 50-year-old Manistee man received non-life-threatening injuries this morning when his vehicle struck a high tension utility pole on North Quarterline Road between Koenig Road and Forest Trail. The crash occurred about 7:40 a.m. Grant Township Fire Chief Ron Melchert said the Buick Rendezvous was southbound on Quarterline Road. He said the…

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Cigarette scam yields jail term.

June 21, 2016
Cigarette scam yields jail term.

#MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Detroit man was sentenced Tuesday, June 21, in 51st Circuit Court for convictions of tobacco tax act violations; using a financial transaction device without consent; and identity theft. Dijon Lamar Grimes, 19, was ordered to serve 10 months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term. Grimes obtained 139 cartons…

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Drug theft leads to jail.

June 21, 2016
Drug theft leads to jail.

#MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 38-year-old Ludington man was ordered to serve seven months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, June 21, for stealing Xanax from a co-worker’s purse at McDonald’s. Christopher Lee Baysinger, of 1044 Pineway, is convicted of a felony of larceny in a building and a…

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