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Community members, school staff discuss MCC facility needs.

January 13, 2016
Community members, school staff discuss MCC facility needs.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — A needs assessment community meeting was held Wednesday night to seek input from Mason County Central Public Schools district residents. A mixture of staff and citizens attended the meeting. They provided a list that ranged from building an auditorium and swimming pool to fixing the heating system in several school buildings and paving the…

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VFW helps MCE school safety.

January 13, 2016
VFW helps MCE school safety.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  CUSTER — Custer VFW Gold Bar Post 5096 donated $2,300 towards the door safety program at Mason County Eastern Schools. The donation will purchase 10 Boot devices that will secure doors in the event of an intruder in the school. Nearly all the doors in county schools have been fitted with the device. All the funding has…

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Sheriff’s office responds to non-injury crashes Tuesday as well.

January 13, 2016
Sheriff’s office responds to non-injury crashes Tuesday as well.

The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016: – 6:33 a.m., slide-off, no damage/no injury, Pere Marquette Hwy. and Iris Rd., PM Township. – 7 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Jebavy Dr. and Fisher Rd., Hamlin Township. – 6:30 p.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Fountain and Stephens roads, Sherman Township. The police news is…

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Children in critical condition following Tuesday’s crash.

January 13, 2016
Children in critical condition following Tuesday’s crash.

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Five-year-old Emmett VonSprecken and his 6-year-old sister Abigale are listed in critical condition Wednesday morning, Jan. 13, at Helen DeVos Hospital Children’s Hospital following a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on US 10 west of Meyers Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The crash occurred at 1:51 p.m. when a 1999 Ford pickup, driven by 48-year-old…

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March for Life is Sunday.

January 13, 2016

LUDINGTON — Right to Life of Mason County’s annual Memorial Service and March for Life will be held Sunday, Jan. 17 at 2 p.m. at Community Church, 109 N. Harrison St. The event commemorates the 43rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Roe vs. Wade, allowing the legalization of abortion. The event begins with a 2 p.m. memorial…

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