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Driver taken to hospital after truck drives off 31.

July 10, 2017

Driver taken to hospital after truck drives off 31.  #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — A truck driver was transported to the hospital by ambulance after the semi truck and trailer he was driving left the roadway on North US 31 Monday morning. Medical first responders on scene said the incident appeared to have been a medical…

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K-9 leads deputies to suspect who fled out window.

July 10, 2017

K-9 leads deputies to suspect who fled out window. #MasonCountyCrime SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 40-year-old Ludington man who fled out of a back window at a Tallman Lake home on 21st Street was arrested after being tracked by Cash, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office K-9, Friday afternoon, July 7, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The suspect was wanted…

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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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