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July 25, 2024

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Exploring the county, and beyond, with a UTV has gotten easier the last few years

July 24, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Over the last few years I have enjoyed exploring Mason County on my side-by-side. I don’t have the more powerful sport vehicle but rather one that combines utility and recreation allowing me to use it on the farm, in the yard, the roads and trails. I prefer the back country roads and the trails of the…

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Motorcyclist seriously injured in crash

July 24, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 30-year-old Ludington man received serious injuries after a northbound vehicle attempted a left turn into the path of his southbound motorcycle on Pere Marquette Highway south of Sixth Street Tuesday, July 23, shortly after 7 a.m., said Mason…

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Tennessee man, 21, receives delayed sentence for attempting to enroll as high school student

July 22, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Fort Campbell, Tennessee man received a delayed sentence in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court last week after attempting to enroll as a Mason County Central High School student last February after meeting an MCC student online. Kevin Gerald Flick pleaded guilty, May 7, to all four counts in connection to the…

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Man sentenced to jail for shooting son’s vehicle

July 22, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 52-year-old man was sentenced to serve six months upfront of a one-year discretionary jail term in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court last week for shooting his son’s vehicle with a handgun multiple times. Chad Alan Wass pleaded guilty to malicious destruction of personal property between $1,000-$20,000, assault with a dangerous weapon and…

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