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Rural Fire Authority to receive $416K grant to buy air packs.

August 7, 2017

Rural Fire Authority to receive $416K grant to buy air packs. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER — The Mason County Rural Fire Authority will receive a $416,000 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management. The money will be used to purchase air packs and air filling equipment for the fire authority’s seven fire departments. “This is huge…

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1 transported to hospital following rear-end US 10 crash.

August 7, 2017

1 transported to hospital following rear-end US 10 crash. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 40-year-old Scottville woman was transported by ambulance to Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital after the vehicle she was riding in inadvertently rear-ended a vehicle on US 10-31 near Dennis Road Monday afternoon. The crash occurred after a Chevrolet Cruz, driven by a 59-year-old…

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Weekend crashes keep police busy.

August 7, 2017

Weekend crashes keep police busy. #MasonCountyCrime The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Friday, Aug. 4, 2017: – 6:33 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, Sugar Grove and Amber roads, Victory Township. – 11:25 a.m., (MCSO), larceny of a trailer plate, Wallace Drive, Pere Marquette Township. – 1:06 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle hit-and-run crash, no injuries,…

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Republican picnic scheduled for Sept. 10.

August 7, 2017

Republican picnic scheduled for Sept. 10. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The annual Mason County Republican Party picnic is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Suttons Landing park on Iris Road. The picnic is free and open to the public. Local and state elected officials are likely to attend.

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Victim of Saturday crash was father of 4, veteran.

August 6, 2017

Victim of Saturday crash was father of 4, veteran. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  AMBER TOWNSHIP — The victim of Saturday’s fatal crash on US 10-31 was a father of four children and a US Marine veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jacob Gross, 31, of Roscommon had been working in the area as a heating and cooling technician…

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