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Muskegon man dead following US 31 crash.

June 2, 2016

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 51-year-old Muskegon man died Wednesday afternoon following a single vehicle crash on US 31 near the Chauvez Road overpass, according to Michigan State Police Lt. Matt Kanitz. The man was driving a pickup truck northbound on the expressway when the crash occurred at 3:05 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Responding to the scene…

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Police seek 3 warrants for shoplifting at Meijer.

June 1, 2016
Police seek 3 warrants for shoplifting at Meijer.

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Warrants are being requested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for two Oceana County residents and a Muskegon County resident stemming from a retail fraud incident at the Meijer store on US 10 Monday, May 31, at 8:38 p.m. Other police activity Monday includes: – 1:52 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), ​a 20-year-old Scottville man was…

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Scottville police receives complaints about confederate flag waving truck.

May 31, 2016

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Since the posting on social media by a Mason County Central student stating that he had been banned from Mason County Central Schools because he was flying a confederate flag from his truck, Scottville Police Department has received reckless driving complaints from residents about a truck matching that description. See related story here. School…

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Student claims he was banned from MCC for displaying Confederate flag; superintendent says that’s not the whole story.

May 31, 2016
Student claims he was banned from MCC for displaying Confederate flag; superintendent says that’s not the whole story.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central student Travis Barrette says he was banned from the school after mounting a Confederate flag on the back of his pickup truck. Barrette posted on the MCP Facebook page Friday stating he cannot go onto school grounds because of the flag. Superintendent Jeff Mount said that’s not exactly true. “Today I…

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Here’s the scoop on the world’s longest ice cream dessert attempt.

May 31, 2016
Here’s the scoop on the world’s longest ice cream dessert attempt.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Barry Neal is not afraid of big challenges. But attempting the Guinness World Record of the world’s longest ice cream dessert, well, that’s really big. “I’m not afraid of big,” Barry, who owns House of Flavors Restaurants, says. “But, I’ve never done anything this big before.” On Saturday, June 11, House of Flavors, along…

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