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Fugitive arrest among police activity.

March 22, 2016
Fugitive arrest among police activity.

The following is recent activity in Mason County of the Michigan State Police, Hart post, Monday, March 21, 2016: – 4 a.m., car/deer crash, US 31 and Townline Rd., Grant Township. – 2:45 p.m., malicious destruction of property, 1000 block of Independence Dr., Amber Township. – 6:44 p.m., a 34-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a fugitive warrant, Ludington Ave.…

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Changes to Social Security could impact retirement benefits

March 22, 2016

LUDINGTON – West Shore Bank is recommending that people between the ages of 62 and 66 years of age evaluate their retirement strategies due to the possible impact caused by the Bipartisan Budget Act, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015. As a result of the Bipartisan Budget Act, certain filing strategies will no longer be available to…

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Break-ins, shoplifting arrests among police activity.

March 21, 2016
Break-ins, shoplifting arrests among police activity.

The following is local law enforcement activity over the weekend: Friday, March 18, 2016: – 5:55 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), criminal sexual conduct (CSC), 300 block of N. Rath Ave., City of Ludington. – 3 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), breaking and entering, an undisclosed amount of cash reportedly stolen, 900 block of West Hansen Road, Amber Township. – 6…

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Ludington man dies after US 31 crash.

March 19, 2016

WEARE TOWNSHIP (Oceana County) — A 34-year-old Ludington man died Saturday following a two vehicle crash at US 31 and Oceana Drive. A preliminary investigation by Michigan State Police Hart Post indicates that William Charles Sielski was in the process of making a left turn from the top of the north bound US 31 exit ramp at Oceana Drive when…

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Crash victim and boyfriend had been in verbal disagreement prior to crash. Speed was factor, MSP says.

March 18, 2016
Crash victim and boyfriend had been in verbal disagreement prior to crash. Speed was factor, MSP says.

By Rob Alway and Allison Scarbrough of MCP staff. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — More details have come out about a crash on M-116 (North Lakeshore Drive) that occurred Wednesday night and caused serious injury to a 20-year-old woman. Michigan State Police issued a press release today stating that the investigators have determined that Shelby Sowle and her 22-year-old boyfriend had been…

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