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Cops and firefighters will take each other on in charity hockey game

April 28, 2014
Cops and firefighters will take each other on in charity hockey game

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. VICTORY TWP. — Some rivalries are just natural. Cats and dogs. Michigan State and University of Michigan. Cops and firefighters. On Wednesday, area law enforcement and fire/rescue personnel will battle it out on the ice — for a good cause. The first Smoke Eaters vs. Law Dogs hockey game will be held at the West Shore…

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Weekend arrests include domestic violence, drug and alcohol, driving violations

April 28, 2014
Weekend arrests include domestic violence, drug and alcohol, driving violations

Weekend arrests of by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office included domestic assault, drug and alcohol violations, license suspensions and outstanding warrants. Below is the activity report of the sheriff’s office from April 25 to April 27, 2014: April 25:  – 7:30 a.m.: Car/deer crash, no injuries, U.S. 10 and Stephens Rd., Custer Twp. 12:09 p.m.: A 39-year-old Ludington man was…

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Coming home: ‘There are so many things here that bring me simple joy’

April 28, 2014
Coming home: ‘There are so many things here that bring me simple joy’

Paula Jury Jarvis didn’t want her daughter to walk through metal detectors at school. Many people have traveled the world and have had life experiences that their hometowns could never offer them, but many of those people are choosing to leave those grand ventures behind to move back to their roots in search of a slower paced lifestyle. Mason County…

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Ludington’s cold water challenge: The Lake Jump

April 28, 2014
Ludington’s cold water challenge: The Lake Jump

Raising funds for Mason County Veterans Endowment Fund. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  LUDINGTON — The latest viral trend going around social media is the cold water challenge, where moments before a person jumps into a body of cold water they shout out the names of three people they’d like to challenge to do the same. Ludington has had its own cold…

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Firefighters save Free Soil barn

April 28, 2014
Firefighters save Free Soil barn

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief.  FREE SOIL — Strong wind gusts never make firefighting easy. However, firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a barn fire on North U.S. 31 Monday morning before too much damage was caused. Free Soil/Meade and Fountain fire departments were called to the scene between Townline and Freeman roads around 9:45 a.m. Within a few minutes they…

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