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Speaker will discuss LGBT topics at WSCC.

March 14, 2016

VICTORY TOWNSHIP — West Shore Community College has invited an expert to campus to speak on one of the themes of the recent play, “Breaking the Code.” The play tells the real-life story of Alan Turing, a famous mathematician who in 1952 was arrested and chemically castrated because of his homosexuality. Students had questions: how have lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…

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Intoxicated kayaker punches deputy after harassing fishermen.

March 13, 2016
Intoxicated kayaker punches deputy after harassing fishermen.

LUDINGTON — An intoxicated kayaker who apparently was harassing fishermen along the pier Saturday night has ended up in jail after fleeing conservation officers in a kayak and then later allegedly punching a sheriff’s deputy. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole said a Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officer received a complaint Saturday night of an intoxicated man harassing fishermen…

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Life in Circles: Women getting their boots on.

March 12, 2016
Life in Circles: Women getting their boots on.

Life In Circles, by Stephanie Wagner. Today, we introduce a new weekly series, Life in Circles, written by Stephanie Wagner. This introductory article sums up the theme of her series: In late January, a snowstorm moved through Washington D.C. and shut down most of the city. By now, many of you have likely seen the news story where two female…

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Lockdown Company donates $40,000 towards school door safety project.

March 11, 2016

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. The Lockdown Company, which is installing The Boot door safety device in local schools, has donated $40,000 towards the project, which is being funded through community donations. Rob Couturier, company founder, said Mason County has been unlike any other community his company has worked with. “The community support for this project has just been amazing,” Couturier…

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Funeral director arrested again for drunk driving; facing empty-urn burial charges.

March 11, 2016
Funeral director arrested again for drunk driving; facing empty-urn burial charges.

MUSKEGON COUNTY — The owner of a Ludington funeral home who is facing felony charges for allegedly burying an empty urn without cremating the deceased person, along with drunk driving charges, was arrested again today. Thomas Claude Clock III, 60, who owns Clock Funeral Home of Ludington, Inc. and Clock Funeral Home of Whitehall, Inc., was arrested by Whitehall Police Department…

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