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Police seek domestic assault charges against knife-wielding woman.

January 18, 2016
Police seek domestic assault charges against knife-wielding woman.

BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old Fountain woman who was wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for larceny from a building may also face charges of aggravated domestic assault and tampering with an electronic communication device following an incident Sunday, Jan. 17, at 4:06 a.m. in the 100 block of South Stephens Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Police…

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Closings, cancelations for Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.

January 17, 2016

Closings and cancelations are sponsored by Abrahamson’s Towing of Ludington: 231-843-2990. Monday, Jan. 18, 1016: Mason County Central Schools. Ludington Area Schools. Ludington Area Catholic.  Mason County Eastern Schools. West Shore ESD and CTE. Pentwater.  Covenant Christian School.

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Ice rescue training.

January 17, 2016
Ice rescue training.

    Video by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Today’s weather was cold, windy and snowy, but that didn’t stop members of the Riverton Township Fire Department from spending their Sunday afternoon wading in North Oxbow Lake, training for an ice rescue. Several area fire departments, along with the U.S. Coast Guard, are trained in ice rescue. “Our coverage…

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1 injured on US 10

January 17, 2016
1 injured on US 10

  PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A Custer woman was injured during a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 10 about 1:10 p.m. The crash occurred when a west bound Chevrolet pickup lost control and struck an eastbound Dodge pickup truck head on.  The woman was a passenger in the eastbound Dodge. The drivers of the two vehicles were not injured. Responding to the…

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Crash victims back home, continue to recover.

January 17, 2016
Crash victims back home, continue to recover.

The two children involved in a two vehicle crash last week on U.S. 10 are back home. Father Wayne Wheeler of St. Simon Church shared a posting on his Facebook page from a family member of 5-year-old Emmett VonSprecken and his 6-year-old sister Abigale. The post stated the children came home Saturday, after being at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital since…

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