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Scottville planning commission opposes main floor downtown apartments.

December 14, 2016

Scottville planning commission opposes main floor downtown apartments. #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Planning Commission is recommending that the City Commission deny a variance request by a downtown building owner to allow permanent residency on the main floor of his building. Ludington-based attorney Mark Pehrson, who owns 113 S. Main St., has requested the variance after city officials discovered that…

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Deputies, prosecutor, medics receive honors from sheriff.

December 13, 2016

Deputies, prosecutor, medics receive honors from sheriff. #MasonCountyHeroes By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole and Undersheriff Jody Hartley honored several men and women during Tuesday night’s monthly meeting of the Mason County Board of Commissioners at the Mason County Courthouse. Three people were honored for their role in investigating and prosecuting the disappearance and murder…

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Branch man charged with 6 CSC counts to undergo mental exam.

December 13, 2016

Branch man charged with 6 CSC counts to undergo mental exam. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 20-year-old Branch man charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and three counts of second-degree CSC will undergo a mental competency exam requested by his attorney. Jordan Daniel Bates, of 1946 S. Shepperd Rd., appeared in 51st…

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Men accused of Fountain Lumber break-in reject plea deals.

December 13, 2016

Men accused of Fountain Lumber break-in reject plea deals. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — The two Fountain men facing multiple felonies in connection to break-ins last August at the Fountain Lumber Company and a pole barn on East Mavis Road rejected the plea deals that were offered by the Mason County Prosecutor’s Office Tuesday, Dec. 13,…

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Ludington man pleads ‘no contest’ to 4th-degree CSC.

December 13, 2016

Ludington man pleads ‘no contest’ to 4th-degree CSC. #MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 25-year-old Ludington man pleaded “no contest” Tuesday, Dec. 13, in 51st Circuit Court to a high-court misdemeanor of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Michael Frank Battice, of 905 S. Madison Ave., was set to go to trial Wednesday, Dec. 14, facing two felony…

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