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The Cemetery Club.

May 24, 2016
The Cemetery Club.

  By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — Each year since the early 1900s, a group of veterans gathers about a week before Memorial Day and places flags on the graves of veterans in Lakeview and Pere Marquette cemeteries, a similar ritual takes place at the other cemeteries in the county. The group is a tradition that has been carried on…

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Denny Grant, a true Mason County hero; PM Fire Dept. mourns loss of its assistant chief.

May 23, 2016
Denny Grant, a true Mason County hero; PM Fire Dept. mourns loss of its assistant chief.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Members of the Pere Marquette Township Fire Department were mourning the loss of one of their brothers tonight. Dennis “Denny” Grant, died this afternoon, a day after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Logan Township. Denny joined the on-call department in 1986 and worked his way up the ranks.…

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Amber board continues to discuss health plaza property transfer.

May 23, 2016

AMBER TOWNSHIP — The Amber Township board of trustees continued its discussion on whether or not it should enter into a 425 agreement with the City of Scottville to transfer properties owned by two health care providers into the city’s governance. Dr. Lewis Squires, owner of Squires Family Chiropractic, 414 W. US 10, and Dr. Nick Simone of Simone Family…

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Jones School scheduled for demolition.

May 23, 2016
Jones School scheduled for demolition.

AMBER TOWNSHIP — The remains of a historic school house that collapsed two years ago will be cleaned up sometime this summer. The Amber Township Board of Trustees approved the cleanup bid of $4,000 from Jabrocki Excavating of Scottville to clean up the Jones School, located at the corner of Johnson and Gordon roads. The school was the original school…

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3 injured in Eden Twp. crash.

May 23, 2016
3 injured in Eden Twp. crash.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  EDEN TWP. — Three people were injured following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Custer and Hawley roads Monday afternoon. According to law enforcement on scene, the crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. when a Ford Edge crossover, driven eastbound on Hawley Road by a 22-year-old Coral, Michigan woman, apparently went through the intersection and…

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