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Sheriff’s office lobby open for safe transactions.

April 29, 2015
Sheriff’s office lobby open for safe transactions.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is offering the use of its lobby as a safe place to go for people making online purchases. The lobby is open 24 hours a day and is monitored by video cameras with corrections officers in the next room. “I really started thinking about this when my 21-year-old daughter…

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Sherman Township man arrested on meth manufacturing arraigned.

April 29, 2015
Sherman Township man arrested on meth manufacturing arraigned.

SHERMAN TWP. — Travis Michael Shaull, 27, 3763 E. Sugar Grove Rd., Sherman Twp., was arrested on charged of manufacturing methamphetamine and operating/maintaining a laboratory involving methamphetamine, during a search of his home on Monday, April 27. Shaull reportedly fled from SSCENT detectives during a search warrant at the property but was quickly apprehended and arrested on charges. He was arraigned Tuesday afternoon…

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Salvation Army appealing for food pantry donations.

April 28, 2015
Salvation Army appealing for food pantry donations.

LUDINGTON – As the slow economic recovery has not yet reached our most vulnerable and many people are still at-risk. The U.S. Census Bureau is now rating almost half of all Americans in the poor or low-income categories – many of them families with children. The Salvation Army nationwide is seeing heavy demand for food by families whose children suffer…

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Reforming campaign financing, from the ground up.

April 28, 2015
Reforming campaign financing, from the ground up.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Cousins Charlie Thompson and Eric Lund are passionate about campaign finance reform. The two have recently started a local chapter of the national Represent Us movement in the hopes of changing campaign financing from the ground up. Represent Mason County held its first meeting earlier this month. “We basically want to end legalized bribery…

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Paintball gun, cash stolen in break-in

April 28, 2015
Paintball gun, cash stolen in break-in

The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. BRANCH TWP. — A paintball gun, cash, and some CDs were stolen during a breaking and entering in the 100 block of South Stephens Road that was reported Monday, April 27, at 8:09 p.m., according…

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