SHERMAN TWP. — A 49-year-old Alto man was uninjured after his pickup truck rolled over on U.S. 31 between Sugar Grove and Decker roads Tuesday afternoon around 2:15 p.m. Law enforcement on the scene said the man was following a southbound tractor, owned by Larsen’s Farms and attempted to pass the tractor on the right as the tractor made a…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A bomb threat was called into the Rite Aid pharmacy at the intersection of Ludington Avenue and Jackson Road around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. Employees and customers were swiftly evacuated and law enforcement and fire personnel were called to the scene. Ludington Police Chief Mark Barnett said several Rite Aids have recently been targeted…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TWP. — Scott Dumas, the Mason County Central Middle School teacher who was a victim of a hit and run crash last month, is back home, after almost a month in the hospital. Dumas has a long road of recovery ahead, but his wife, Kathy, reports that he has exceeded doctors’ expectations. “It feels so…
FREE SOIL TWP. — An 87-year-old Fountain man accidentally shot himself in the hand Monday afternoon while attempting to load a gun. Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office, along with medical first responders from Free Soil/Meade Fire Department and EMTs from Life EMS ambulance responded to the 3900 block of East Townline Road at 4:56 p.m. Other activity of the…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. FREE SOIL TWP. — Three fire departments responded to a barn fire at Kran Farms Monday night on Tuttle Road south of Freeman Road. The fire was actually confined to a tractor and caused little damage to the actual structure. Bob Kran Jr., who lives a few hundred yards down the road, said he stopped to…
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