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Hospital volunteers hosting plant sale

September 16, 2025

LUDINGTON — The Corewell Health Ludington Hospital Volunteer Board is hosting a fall plant sale on Thursday, September 18, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. outside the Medical Office Building lobby. Purchases will benefit patients using the Crane Haven Cancer Wellness Center, while undergoing cancer treatments at the hospital.   ______________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP…

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Woman hit by side-by-side while walking down road

September 15, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 33-year-old Fountain woman was seriously injured after she was struck by a side-by-side while walking near the intersection of Morse and Decker roads Sunday, Sept. 14, at 7:35 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The following is other…

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79th District Court arraignments, published Sept. 15, 2025

September 15, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court Felonies -Gavin David Newman, 25; possession of a controlled substance (narcotics/cocaine); arrested Aug. 9 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned Sept. 9; preliminary hearing: Sept. 24; bail: $5,000/10 percent. -Shawn Roy Gert Sluyter, 51; third-offense domestic violence; arrested Sept. 7 by Mason…

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Women Who Care donates to HELP Ministries

September 15, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Women Who Care of Mason County recently donated $8,880 to HELP Ministries to assist with expenses of medical transport. Hands Extended Loving People, 910 E. Tinkham Ave., is a non-profit organization with a fundamental mission to help people when other agencies cannot. It helps provide furniture, appliances, household goods, kitchenware, and also help with…

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Candlelight vigil to honor Charlie Kirk

September 15, 2025

LUDINGTON — A candlelight vigil will be held in honor of the late Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, Sept. 17 beginning at 6 p.m. Kirk, a conservative activist who encouraged public debate on social and political issues, was assassinated last week on a college campus in Utah. The local event will begin at the Mason County Courthouse with participants then walking…

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