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S&R crews spend day search for missing AFC resident; woman found other side of county.

March 17, 2016
S&R crews spend day search for missing AFC resident; woman found other side of county.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — Search and rescue personnel spent about four hours searching for a missing adult foster care home resident Thursday afternoon. According to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole, the woman left the Hill Haven AFC about 10:30 a.m. today. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home in the 3600 block of North Taylor Road about…

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Glenda Finner: Insurance by day, the arts by night.

March 17, 2016
Glenda Finner: Insurance by day, the arts by night.

When she isn’t working at Smith & Eddy Insurance, Glenda Finner is helping with the local arts.  By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. MANISTEE — Giving back to the community is something that comes natural for Glenda Finner. It is something she was taught at a young age. “My parents instilled in me the need to give back,” she says. For Glenda,…

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Kayaker accused of punching officer arraigned.

March 17, 2016
Kayaker accused of punching officer arraigned.

LUDINGTON — An intoxicated kayaker who reportedly harassed fishermen along the pier last Saturday night; fled conservation officers in a kayak; and allegedly punched a sheriff’s deputy was arraigned in 79th District Court this week. Alan Glenn Ross, 56, of 502 E. Danaher St., Apt. 3, Ludington, faces one felony count of assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and a misdemeanor of disorderly person.…

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Crash victim in critical, stable condition.

March 17, 2016

By Allison Scarbrough and Rob Alway, MCP staff. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 20-year-old woman critically injured in a single-vehicle crash on North Lakeshore Drive near Jagger Road Wednesday night, March 16, has stabilized, according to the Hart post of the Michigan State Police. A motel employee at Motel Lakewood, at 1934 N. Lakeshore Dr., said the crash victim is Shelby…

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Recent death, reported March 17, 2016.

March 17, 2016

Bruce Forrest Wadel, 95, of Ludington, passed away on March 15, 2016 at his home. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington. See MCP death notice archives here.

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