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Free rides, tows offered on New Year’s Eve.

December 29, 2016

Free rides, tows offered on New Year’s Eve.  #NewYearsEve #PureLudington. LUDINGTON — Downtown New Year’s Eve celebrators will again be offered the alternative of free rides and towing. Since 2003 the New Year’s Eve Drive Safe Drive Sober effort has provided over 10,000 free rides to Mason County residents and visitors.  Of that number many have had their vehicles towed free of charge. Beginning…

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Property owner may face charges after setting house on fire.

December 28, 2016
Property owner may face charges after setting house on fire.

Property owner may face charges after setting house on fire.  #MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — The owner of an abandoned house near Round Lake maybe facing charges after he set the house on fire Wednesday afternoon. Fountain Area Fire Department and Branch Fire Department were called to a house fire at 6983 W. Sugar Grove Road, about 1…

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Cinder block wall smashed, electronics stolen.

December 28, 2016

Cinder block wall smashed, electronics stolen. #MasonCountyNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Six 50-inch TVs, two laptops and an Xbox game were stolen from Aarons rent-to-own store on US 10 after an outside cinder block wall was smashed through a former church to gain access to the merchandise, according to Michigan State Police Sgt. Charles Hockanson. An intruder/intruders broke through the outside…

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Man ‘passed out in a booth’ at McDonald’s arrested for probation violation.

December 27, 2016

Man ‘passed out in a booth’ at McDonald’s arrested for probation violation. #MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Ludington man found passed out in a booth at the McDonald’s restaurant on US 10 Monday, Dec. 26, at 5:53 p.m. was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies for probation violation, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “Deputies responded…

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Merry Christmas Mason County!

December 24, 2016

Merry Christmas Mason County!  #Christmas2016 By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. On behalf of the MCP team, I would like to wish everyone a very merry, safe, and blessed Christmas weekend. We will be celebrating Christmas with our families but will still be covering the big stories if they happen. Danny V will be streaming live from the Christmas Eve. community dinner…

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