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County clerk to speak at Democrat meeting.

February 26, 2016

LUDINGTON — Mason County Clerk Cheryl Kelly will be the guest speaker at the March 7 meeting of the Mason County Democrats. The 7 p.m. meeting meets in the Maple Room at Oakview Medical Care Facility, 1001 Diana Street. Kelly will be discussing new voter regulations, how to vote by absentee ballot, how to register to vote and the deadlines for the…

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House of Flavors to attempt world record.

February 26, 2016
House of Flavors to attempt world record.

LUDINGTON – House of Flavors Restaurant will attempt to break the world record for largest ice cream dessert made. The Ludington restaurant plans to build a half mile ice cream desert, made from 12,700-plus scoops of ice cream, along eight city blocks of Ludington Avenue between Park and Harrison streets in order to break the record held in the Guinness Book of…

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Local organizations receive over $9,500 in grants from Great Lakes Energy.

February 26, 2016
Local organizations receive over $9,500 in grants from Great Lakes Energy.

  The Great Lakes Energy People Fund recently awarded $9,363 in grants to three Mason County organizations. Caritas Food Pantry, a ministry of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Custer, received $4,216 for a heating and cooling system; the Scottville Optimist Club received $3,500 for stackable chairs for its hall; Sandcastles Children’s Museum in Ludington received $1,647 for a traveling exhibit and Sable…

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Break-in, thefts among police activity.

February 26, 2016
Break-in, thefts among police activity.

The following is local law enforcement activity Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016: – 7:32 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, Stiles and Groth roads, Victory Township. – 1:25 p.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 50-year-old Berkley, Michigan man was arrested for operating without insurance, US 10 and Filburn Rd., Branch Township. – 1:37 p.m., (Ludington Police Department),…

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79th District Court arraignments, sentencings.

February 26, 2016
79th District Court arraignments, sentencings.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. Arraignments LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – Janice Lee McClung, 57, of 1416 Edgewood Dr., Holland, was arrested Feb. 16 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) for a felony of fleeing and eluding and misdemeanors of operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL) and…

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