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Branch man faces prison for sex crimes.

March 15, 2016
Branch man faces prison for sex crimes.

By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old Branch man faces 70 months to 30 years in prison for three felony counts involving alleged sex crimes. Charles Clayton Rose, Jr., of 479 S. Tyndall Rd., is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC); second-degree CSC and accosting a child for immoral purposes. Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola presented a…

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Gus Macker charity applications being accepted.

March 15, 2016

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications from charities that want to provide event volunteers and receive funding from proceeds accrued during from the 2016 Gus Macker 3-On-3 Charity Basketball tournament. Completed applications are due in the Chamber of Commerce office by the close of business on Monday, April 25, 2016.…

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Conservation District tree sale orders being taken.

March 15, 2016
Conservation District tree sale orders being taken.

SCOTTVILLE — Think spring, like this prairie crabapple tree (malus ioensis) being featured on the Mason-Lake Conservation District’s annual spring tree sale fundraiser order form. This tree’s showy flowers are great at attracting bees for pollinating fruit trees and garden fruits and vegetables. Its plentiful golf-ball size fruits are great for wildlife like deer, rabbits, upland birds and even foxes. New for…

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2 deputies assaulted, 1 threatened over the weekend.

March 14, 2016
2 deputies assaulted, 1 threatened over the weekend.

LUDINGTON — Three suspects were arrested for separate assault-related incidents of Mason County Sheriff’s deputies over the weekend. The first incident resulted in the arrest of an 18-year-old Ludington man for resisting and opposing a police officer following a 911 call reporting a disturbance inside the Ludington Public Library Saturday, March 12, at 12:28 p.m. A Mason County Sheriff’s deputy,…

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Health department offers free colorectal cancer screening for those eligible.

March 14, 2016

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and offers a perfect opportunity to talk to your doctor and ask yourself, as well as family and friends, if it is time to be screened for colorectal cancer screening. While colorectal cancer remains the nation’s second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths for men and women, it can be prevented if detected at an…

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