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Human skull fragment among bones found in Riverton

May 21, 2013

A forensic anthropologist has identified one of the 12 bones found Friday in Riverton Township as being part of a human skull. Mason County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy confirmed this morning that the anthropologist, through a photograph, made the confirmation of the fragment. Confirmation will be made of all the bones’ status when they are sent to be physically examined.…

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Parent Coalition to host mayoral candidates

May 21, 2013

LUDINGTON — The Mason County Parent Coalition will host three of the four City of Ludington Mayoral candidates at its next meeting scheduled at Sandcastles Children’s Museum on Tuesday, May 28th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Ryan Cox, Pete Engblade and Dave Kosla will attend the May meeting to present a brief summary of their platforms and for a question and…

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Fire destroys Riverton farm house

May 21, 2013
Fire destroys Riverton farm house

VIDEO BELOW. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TWP. — “There’s a lot of memories right there,” Travis Gerbers said early Tuesday morning as he watched his childhood home go up in flames. “Our entire family was raised in that house.” Gerbers watched the old farmhouse at 2300 W. Chauvez Road burn, as did firefighters on the scene. Riverton Township Fire…

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Muskegon company will dredge marina

May 20, 2013

LUDINGTON — Great Lakes Dock and Materials of Muskegon was granted the bid of a maximum $213,857. The Ludington City Council approved the bid for dredging of the Ludington Municipal Marina this afternoon at its regular meeting. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently informed the city that it will provide $52,683.58 in grant funds to dredge about 1,110 cubic…

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Third graders visit Ludington city council

May 20, 2013
Third graders visit Ludington city council

LUDINGTON — The Ludington City Council chambers was full of youngsters this afternoon. For the third year in a row the Foster Elementary third grade class attended the city council meeting. Mayor John Henderson took some time at the beginning of the meeting to introduce the city council and administrators and to teach the students how a public meeting is…

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