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Fair looking for help to name that pig!

July 8, 2017

Fair looking for help to name that pig! PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Western Michigan Fair Association is looking for the public’s help in naming it’s new pig mascot. The pig is expected to be present at one of the Sizzling Summer Singoff preliminary competitions at downtown Ludington’s Friday Night Live events (July 14, 21, 28 and Aug. 4), and…

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Four taken to hospital after water emergency; breakwater closed.

July 7, 2017

Four taken to hospital after water emergency; breakwater closed. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Four people were taken to Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital after a water emergency in Lake Michigan at Stearns Park Friday afternoon. Ludington Police Chief Mark Barnett said three teenaged girls were in the water near the north breakwater when two of the girls apparently…

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Oceana County man charged with CSC, extortion.

July 7, 2017

Oceana County man charged with CSC, extortion. #MasonCountyCrime LUDINGTON — A 34-year-old Oceana County man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon, July 6, on two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and one count of extortion. Richard Edward Uhl was arrested on a warrant alleging that he engaged in sexual relations with a child under…

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Crashes top police activity.

July 7, 2017

Crashes top police activity. #MasonCountyCrime The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Thursday, July 6, 2017: – 8:50 a.m., ​warrant arrest, 100 block of North Jebavy Drive, Pere Marquette Township. A 52-year-old Fountain man was arrested on a felony warrant issued by the Ludington Police Department for failure to comply with his sex offender registration requirements and possession of…

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Custer man charged in 2016 death of Rosemarie Ohse.

July 6, 2017

Custer man charged in 2016 death of Rosemarie Ohse. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A Custer Township man, who allegedly caused a 2016 crash on US 10-31 which killed a Custer Township woman, has been charged with a moving violation causing death, a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one year and/or a fine of not…

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