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Lots to do tonight

December 31, 2013
Lots to do tonight

This story was posted Monday, but was quickly moved down our site due to other breaking news stories. We wanted to re-post in case you missed it.  By Carrie Klemm. MCP Correspondent. What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Though you may be thinking of staying in to watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV, if you get…

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Two arrested Monday on warrants

December 31, 2013

PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people Monday on separate incidences. A 24-year-old Scottville man was arrested at 6:56 p.m. at 143 N. Jebavy Drive. He was charged with a probation violation and was lodged in the Mason County Jail. A 23-year-old Ludington man was arrested at 7:11 p.m. following a traffic stop on Nelson…

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Snowmobiler’s body recovered from river

December 30, 2013
Snowmobiler’s body recovered from river

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TWP. — Police and fire personnel have recovered the body of William Green, the 35-year-old Ludington resident who accidentally drove his snowmobile off a 150-foot embankment into the Pere Marquette River Sunday night. Crews started the search this morning and found the body in 5.5 feet of water about 75 yards downstream from the point…

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Conditions treacherous for recovery of snowmobiler

December 30, 2013
Conditions treacherous for recovery of snowmobiler

AMBER TWP. — Emergency personnel continued to search for the body of William Green Monday afternoon along the banks of the Pere Marquette River. The 35-year-old Ludington resident presumably drowned in the river Sunday night after his snowmobile went off a 150-foot embankment, about a quarter mile south of the intersection of Gordon and Conrad roads. Preparing the site for…

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Lots to do on New Year’s Eve

December 30, 2013
Lots to do on New Year’s Eve

By Carrie Klemm. MCP Correspondent. What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Though you may be thinking of staying in to watch the ball drop in Times Square on TV, if you get the itch to head out, there are several holiday specials and live music happenings all around Ludington. The fifth annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop, featuring west…

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