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White Pine Village opens for season.

May 5, 2016
White Pine Village opens for season.

  PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Historic White Pine Village​, located on the Buttersville Peninsula, is now open for the season. Dr. Rick Plummer, executive director of the Mason County Historical Society talks about this year’s season, the 40th anniversary of the Village. Editor’s Note: We here at Mason County Press are proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of the Mason…

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Love Ludington weekend planned for June 11-12.

May 5, 2016
Love Ludington weekend planned for June 11-12.

LUDINGTON — The weekend of June 11 and 12 is being called a “Love Ludington Weekend” and will include several activities. The weekend will feature favorite annual traditions like the Ludington Lakestride Half Marathon, 10K and 5K races, and “Pirates of the Caribbean” shoreline cruise on the S.S. Badger. It will also incorporate new traditions like a Guinness World Record attempt…

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Fraud among police activity.

May 5, 2016
Fraud among police activity.

The following is local law enforcement activity Wednesday, May 4, 2016: – 9:34 a.m., (Ludington Police Department) malicious destruction of property (MDOP), 700 block of E. Tinkham Ave., City of Ludington. – 11:55 a.m., (Michigan State Police, Hart post), a 24-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for improper transport of medical marijuana, US 10 and Scottville Road, Scottville. – 12:19 p.m.,…

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MCC elementary students participate in ‘world’s largest exercise class’.

May 4, 2016
MCC elementary students participate in ‘world’s largest exercise class’.

SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central elementary students participated in All Children Exercising Simultaneously (ACES) Day today at 10 a.m. at Spartan Community Field. The event is observed across the country as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, along with National Physical Education Week and is known as the “world’s largest exercise class.” The MCC students learned various dance…

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MCC’s Asiala receives MEA scholarship.

May 4, 2016
MCC’s Asiala receives MEA scholarship.

EAST LANSING — Mason County Central High School senior Nolan Asiala is among the 19 new award recipients to receive a $1,200 scholarship from the Michigan Education Association this year. The scholarship is awarded to public school students from across the state who will be attending a Michigan public university next fall. Among the 438 applications submitted for scholarship awards this year, the MEA Scholarship Fund…

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