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Governor signs budget reducing school safety, mental health to pay for free college tuition

July 29, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LANSING — On Wednesday, July 24, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the second part of the state’s $82.5 billion state budget for next year. Among the items in the budget are free community college for high school graduates who graduated in 2023 and after. The community college deal comes at a cost, though. The budget passed both…

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State tuition funding will have local impact on Promise Zone

July 29, 2024

With Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent signing of the new state budget comes the authorization of a Community College “Guarantee” for residents who graduate from high school in 2023 and after.  The Guarantee will provide “last-dollar” tuition funding for full-time, in-district students who attend community college within 15 months of high school graduation.  As a “last-dollar” scholarship, the state designed the Guarantee to…

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Man reports being ‘jumped’ by group of males on park trail

July 29, 2024

  The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 36-year-old Fruitport man told police that he was assaulted after he was “jumped” by several unknown males as he walked a trail at the Sheridan Township Park Sunday, July 28, shortly after 12:30 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff…

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Man arrested on warrant while visiting inmate at jail

July 29, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old Baldwin man was arrested on an outstanding failure to appear warrant issued in Oceana County after he showed up at the Mason County Jail to visit an inmate Saturday, July 27, around 8:40 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim…

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Suspect backs into patrol car while trying to flee from police

July 29, 2024

SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 33-year-old Scottville man attempted to flee from Mason County sheriff’s deputies who were initiating a traffic stop at Fountain and Ford Lake roads Friday, July 26, around 7:45 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “At one point, the suspect backed his vehicle into the front of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office patrol car before…

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