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Senior center offers slideshow on Costa Rica.

August 4, 2016

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountySeniors SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Area Senior Center, 140 S. Main Street,  is hosting a slide show presentation today by Collette Travel about Costa Rica. The slide show is at 2 p.m. The travel opportunity is being offered as one of the center’s ongoing travel fundraisers and is scheduled for March 11-19, 2017.   The travel experience includes breathtaking scenery:…

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Pedestrian injured after being struck in crosswalk.

August 3, 2016
Pedestrian injured after being struck in crosswalk.

#MasonCountyNews   #LudingtonNews LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old Ludington woman was injured after being struck by a vehicle in the crosswalk at the intersection of Rath and Ludington avenues Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 10:58 a.m., according to the Ludington Police Department. The injured pedestrian was transported by Life EMS to Spectrum Ludington Hospital, and the driver was cited for failure to…

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Vehicle loses steering, hits 2 patrol cars.

August 3, 2016
Vehicle loses steering, hits 2 patrol cars.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SCOTTVILLE — No one was injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday, Aug. 2, at 11:56 p.m. at the intersection of Main and Third streets, where a vehicle had lost its steering; ran off the road; and struck a Michigan State Police trooper’s patrol car from the Hart post and a Scottville Police Department car, which were parked at…

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Lakeshore Resource Network collecting back to school supply donations.

August 3, 2016

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPeople The Lakeshore Resource Network is collecting donations of school supplies for area students heading back to school in the fall. Supplies will be used in a backpack program providing students in need with a backpack filled with the basic school supplies, and other goods . Backpacks will be distributed to middle school and high school students at Ludington,…

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Low voter turnout in primary; Kelly elected county clerk; Pope elected county surveyor.

August 2, 2016

LUDINGTON — The 2016 primary in Mason County had low voter turnout. Only 4,714 out of 22,551 registered voters voted. Cheryl Kelly was elected clerk. Kelly has been the appointed clerk for over a year. She received 2,690 votes while her opponent Mary Alway received 1,014 votes. Both Kelly and Alway ran as Republicans and there is no Democratic challenger,…

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