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Scottville man, father of 2, dies in Manistee Co. crash.

September 4, 2016
Scottville man, father of 2, dies in Manistee Co. crash.

#ManisteeCountyNews #MasonCountyNews MARILLA TOWNSHIP (Manistee County) — A 25-year-old Scottville man died following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of 13-Mile and Marilla roads Sunday about noon. Wesley Skinner was a passenger in a minivan that was driven by a 24-year-old Scottville woman. The minivan was struck by a pickup truck, driven by a 20-year-old Hastings man. According to…

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Vehicle strikes house following crash.

September 3, 2016
Vehicle strikes house following crash.

#MasonCountyNews #PereMarquetteTownship PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A two-vehicle crash resulted in one of the vehicles striking a house Saturday morning. The crash occurred about 8 a.m. at the intersection of South Pere Marquette Highway and West Chauvez Road. According to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a GMC Terrain SUV, driven by a 30-year-old Wayland man, was eastbound on Chauvez and…

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Fire destroys boat on Bass Lake, causes fuel spill.

September 2, 2016
Fire destroys boat on Bass Lake, causes fuel spill.

#MasonCountyNews #BassLakeBoatFire #SummitTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 20-foot boat caught fire while docked in Bass Lake Friday afternoon. The 44-year-old boat owner was on the boat when it suddenly was engulfed in flames, Mason County Sheriff Marine Deputy Mark Willis said. The man suffered from minor burns but refused medical treatment. Willis said the man told…

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Lakeshore Resource Network construction will continue following fire investigation.

September 2, 2016
Lakeshore Resource Network construction will continue following fire investigation.

#MasonCountyNews #Ludington By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The destruction of the future Lakeshore Resource Network building at 920 E. Tinkham Ave. early this morning will likely not cause a delay in the projected opening of the facility, which is scheduled for February of 2017. Monica Schuyler, executive director of the Pennies from Heaven Foundation, which is one of the…

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Fishing dispute turns violent.

September 2, 2016
Fishing dispute turns violent.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Baldwin man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday morning, Sept. 1, at Indian River Bridge on South Reed Road shortly after midnight for allegedly pushing another man into the Pere Marquette River; punching him; and attempting to hold his head underwater, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “The incident…

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