By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — A cruise ship will visit Ludington twice this summer, pending City Council approval of the use of a city docking slip. American Cruise Lines’ new ship, the American Patriot, is tentatively scheduled to visit the Port of Ludington on Aug. 7 and Aug. 14. On Tuesday, March 24, the City Council’s Cemetery, Parks and…
SCOTTVILLE — A warrant is being sought for a 42-year-old Fountain man after he allegedly made a fake 911 call Tuesday, March 24, shortly before 1 a.m. Police are pursuing a charge of misuse of a 911 communication/filing a false police report “He allegedly called 911 to report persons fighting on the Pere Marquette River Bridge south of Scottville,” said…
FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — A Mason County sheriff’s deputy tackled a fleeing suspect to the ground after the suspect led police on a vehicle chase that began in Mason County and ended in Lake County Wednesday, March 25, shortly before 1 a.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. A deputy attempted a traffic stop on US 31 at Koenig…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old man was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 24, to 15-40 years in prison for convictions of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) — victim under age 13, assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence and third-offense habitual offender. Sebastian Aaron-James Cooper pleaded guilty to the charges Jan.…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief GRANT TOWNSHIP — Fire caused severe damage to a historic building at 790 W. Hoague Rd. Monday morning. The Grant Township Fire Department, Free Soil/Meade Fire Department and Mason County Rural Fire Authority units were initially dispatched to the residence at 11:32 a.m. Dispatch information reported flames coming out of the windows. The house, located on…
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