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Hospital to host event to help navigate Affordable Care Act.

December 1, 2015
Hospital to host event to help navigate Affordable Care Act.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital will hold a free event to help people enroll for health care insurance coverage under the federal health care law, also known as the Affordable Care Act. The event will be held Saturday, December 5, from 11 am to 3 pm in the hospital’s main lobby.   Certified enrollment experts…

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Pentwater man sentenced to jail for resisting police

December 1, 2015
Pentwater man sentenced to jail for resisting police

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 23-year-old Pentwater man was sentenced to serve five months of a one-year discretionary jail term in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Dec. 1, for two counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police. Garrett Scott Buck pleaded guilty to the charges last October. “I just want to say I’m really sorry for everything that has happened,” Buck…

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Many help to improve Trooper Butterfield memorial site.

December 1, 2015
Many help to improve Trooper Butterfield memorial site.

FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Several people have recently been working on upgrading the memorial site dedicated to Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield on North Custer Road. Butterfield was murdered at the site, just north of Townline Road, on September 9, 2013. Since that time, many in the community have kept a small memorial for Butterfield, which has been improved…

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Police seek runaway.

December 1, 2015
Police seek runaway.

EDEN TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 16-year-old boy who ran away Monday night, Nov. 30, shortly before 10 p.m. in the 3200 block of East Hawley Road. Jesse Colin Reid, Jr., is a white male with brown hair. Jesse is described as being 5’8” tall, weighing 165 pounds with a thin build. His date…

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Semi crash causes traffic back-up.

December 1, 2015
Semi crash causes traffic back-up.

The police news is sponsored by Benedict-Shilander Collision, now located at 5851 W. U.S. 10 behind Family Video; 231-843-4181 and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. The following is local law enforcement activity Monday, Nov. 30, 2015: – 5:08 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, Custer and Sugar Grove Road, Sherman…

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