By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has caused concern in the United States. While there has only been one fatality from the disease during the epidemic, hospitals are preparing for possible patients. Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital is no exception. I met with members of the hospital’s medical staff this afternoon to discuss…
Recent MSP activity in Mason County includes: Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 – 3:48 p.m., one-car rollover, Darr and Hoague Rds., Free Soil Twp. – 6:40 p.m., bad check complaint, US-31 and LaSalle Rd., Grant Twp. – 9:27 p.m., car-deer crash, US-10 and Taylor Rd., Branch Twp. Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 – 1:44 a.m., car-deer crash, US-31 and Dewey Rd., Victory…
SHERIDAN TWP. — A 65-year-old Free Soil man, who failed to stop for a stop sign, ended up driving his vehicle into a lake early Sunday morning. Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office arrested the man and charged him with operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a vehicle crash at the corner of Benson and Sugar Grove roads Sunday morning…
UPDATED. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TWP. — A Riverton Township farmer was injured when a 2,000 bushel grain bin toppled over while he was on top of it tonight. According to Riverton Township Fire Chief Joe Cooper, said Chris Thurow, 46, was trapped by the soy for 20 to 45 minutes this evening before emergency personnel tried to free him…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. Today is the last sailing of the S.S. Badger for the 2014 season. The day is historic for the last coal burning ship on the Great Lakes. After today, the Badger will no longer discharge ash into Lake Michigan. But the significance of this day is more personal for 64-year-old Rodeny Ruell, the oldest maritime fireman…
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