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Charter academy to offer public tours beginning Tuesday.

July 18, 2016
Charter academy to offer public tours beginning Tuesday.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEducation #Scottville #GatewayToSuccessAcademy By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Gateway to Success Academy will begin offering tours to the public, beginning Tuesday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new charter school, which is still under construction, is located at 526 N. Scottville Road in the former Foster’s grocery market building. The new building, however, is barely…

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Beach closed after 5 people swept off breakwater. 

July 17, 2016

#MasonCountyNews #LudingtonLUDINGTON — Ludington Police Dept. has closed Stearns Park Beach and the north breakwater due to high winds and waves on Lake Michigan. Police Chief Mark Barnett reported that five people had been swept off the north breakwater this afternoon. They were assisted to safety by bystanders and no one was seriously injured.  The area is closed until weather…

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Domestic assault, CSC, break-in top police activity.

July 15, 2016
Domestic assault, CSC, break-in top police activity.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Ludington man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for domestic violence Thursday, July 14, at 12:33 p.m. following a 911 call in the 3600 block of South Pere Marquette Highway. Other police activity Thursday includes: 9:20 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), warrant arrest, 400 block of Resseguie St., City of Ludington. 10…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings include accosting child, maintaining drug house.

July 15, 2016

#MasonCountyNews    #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 51st Circuit Court: – Brian Kelly Smith, 26, 411 S. Hart Rd., Hart, pleaded guilty on May 18 to accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to commit a crime. He was sentenced to serve 365 days in jail with credit…

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Police release Ruby Creek bar break-in surveillance photos.

July 15, 2016
Police release Ruby Creek bar break-in surveillance photos.

#OceanaCountyNews   #PoliceNews  #RubyCreek COLFAX TOWNSHIP — Surveillance photos of suspects stealing over $2,500 from the cash register tills during a break-in of the River City Inn, at 8347 E. Washington Road, on the Mason-Oceana counties line, in the Ruby Creek area were released by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Friday, July 15. According to Lt. Craig Mast, the break-in…

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