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Special Olympics teams play districts, one team will move on to state.

March 9, 2016
Special Olympics teams play districts, one team will move on to state.

CALEDONIA — Area 24 Basketball sent 2 teams to district play in Caledonia on March 5, 2016. Both teams played two games apiece in their respective divisions. Area 24 Red Devils played in Division 6 and the Area 24 Tornados played in Division 8. Both teams won their first games. Area 24 Red Devils lost their second game in overtime by 2…

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Ludington man awaiting extradition to New Mexico.

March 9, 2016
Ludington man awaiting extradition to New Mexico.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 40-year-old Ludington man convicted of tether tampering in Mason County is awaiting extradition to New Mexico to face penalties for violating his parole. Eric Zelek Hoggs, of 724 E. Filer St., was ordered by 51st Circuit Court Judge Susan K. Sniegowski to serve 180 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail…

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Western Fire District millage passes.

March 8, 2016

LUDINGTON — The Mason County Western Fire District’s request for a 20 year renewal of .3 mill passed Tuesday night by voters in the City of Ludington, Hamlin Township and Pere Marquette Township: 3,154 yes and 826 no. The levy raises about $275,000 a year to fund the purchase and upkeep of apparatus for Ludington, Hamlin and Pere Marquette fire…

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Ludington man sent to prison for pulling out knife in bar fight.

March 8, 2016
Ludington man sent to prison for pulling out knife in bar fight.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 49-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to a minimum of one-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday, March 8, in 51st Circuit Court for pulling out a knife during a bar fight last summer. Eric Lee Gillespie, of 222 E. Melendy St., pleaded “no contest” to felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon last December. Judge…

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Ludington man faces prison for larceny, intent to deliver marijuana.

March 8, 2016
Ludington man faces prison for larceny, intent to deliver marijuana.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Ludington man who pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court last month to safe breaking and resisting a police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 8, to larceny in a building and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Trenton Joseph Espinola, of 222 E. Melendy St., testified Tuesday that he stole approximately six…

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