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Kaley Petersen hired as hospital foundation director

June 18, 2014
Kaley Petersen hired as hospital foundation director

Kaley Lynn Petersen has been appointed director of the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital Foundation. She is already on the job and working on the hospital’s annual Benefit Ball in August and other philanthropic initiatives at the hospital. For Petersen, this is a homecoming as well as a significant career milestone. She is a Ludington native who has been working most…

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Sheriff optimistic gas station robber will be found

June 17, 2014
Sheriff optimistic gas station robber will be found

SCOTTVILLE — Deputies from the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, along with officers from Scottville Police Department worked throughout the day gathering clues and evidence to the whereabouts of the person who robbed the Admiral gas station early Tuesday morning. See related story here.  The gas station was robbed shortly after 2:30 a.m. by a woman wearing a hooded sweatshirt. “I’m optimistic…

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Mother of trooper murderer receives up to 5 years in prison

June 17, 2014
Mother of trooper murderer receives up to 5 years in prison

Judge denies plea agreement recommendation. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — Tammi Spofford, mother of the man who killed Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, will spend up to five years in prison for her role in the murder of Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield. Spofford was sentenced today by 51st Circuit Court Judge Richard Cooper. Cooper rejected a…

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Hesperia man sentenced to prison for stealing from Wal-Mart

June 17, 2014

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — A Hesperia man who stole electronics from the Ludington Wal-Mart was sentenced to prison this afternoon. Matthew Allan Sharp, 28, of 136 N. Elm St., Hesperia, has a long criminal history, which includes four retail fraud (shoplifting) complaints, larceny, home invasion, felonious assautl, several drug and alcohol convictions and a pending child abuse/neglect case…

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Mother of trooper murderer to be sentenced today

June 17, 2014
Mother of trooper murderer to be sentenced today

LUDINGTON — Tammi Spofford, the mother of the man who killed Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, is scheduled to be sentenced in 51st Circuit Court this afternoon. On May 6, Spofford entered a plea of no contest to accessory after the fact. She is the mother of Eric John Knysz, the man who murdered Butterfield. Knysz was sentenced to…

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