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Summer sunset

July 23, 2015
Summer sunset

  LUDINGTON — John Mickevich captured the sunsetting and lighting up Copeyan Park Thursday evening. 

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1 injured in Custer Road crash.

July 23, 2015
1 injured in Custer Road crash.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 64-year-old Florida woman was injured following a two-vehicle crash on Custer Road just north of Sugar Grove Road about 5:45 p.m. Thursday. According to Mason County Sheriff Deputy Matt Moss, the Florida woman was traveling north on Custer Road in a Chrysler mini van. She was being followed by a 20-year-old Fountain…

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Complaints against book seller cause solicitation permit to be revoked in Ludington; not renewed in Scottville.

July 23, 2015
Complaints against book seller cause solicitation permit to be revoked in Ludington; not renewed in Scottville.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. The City of Ludington has pulled a solicitation permit for a book salesperson who has been working throughout Mason County this summer. That person’s sales permit in the City of Scottville expired on June 30. Claire Whitcomb of Azle, Texas has been selling educational books on behalf of Southwestern Advantage of Nashville, Tennessee. Locally, she stays…

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Preparing for the old engine show.

July 23, 2015
Preparing for the old engine show.

RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Members of the Western Michigan Old Engine Club were at Thurow Farms Wednesday to cut grain to be used at next week’s show at Scottville Riverside Park. The members use antique machinery to cut and collect the grain and then bring it to the park where it will be used in threshing demonstrations. The show begins Thursday,…

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Rollover crash results in arrests; loose horse on US-31

July 23, 2015
Rollover crash results in arrests; loose horse on US-31

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. CUSTER TOWNSHIP —  A 21-year-old Baldwin man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for operating while intoxicated Wednesday, July 22, at 2 a.m. and his passenger, a 23-year-old Toledo, Ohio man, was arrested on an outstanding Lake County traffic warrant following…

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