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Local projects receive grants from The Right Place.

September 8, 2022

Local projects receive grants from The Right Place. GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has announced that The Right Place, Inc. will receive $3.6 million in funding from the Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) Program to help spur the development of nine placemaking projects totaling over $10 million across the region. The funds were approved in Lansing at…

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Ludington woman sent to prison on drug charges. 

September 8, 2022

Ludington woman sent to prison on drug charges.  LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Ludington woman was sentenced to prison for drug manufacturing/selling Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Stephanie Wheeler was sentenced to three concurrent terms of four to 20 years in prison on the charges of controlled substance delivery/manufacturing methamphetamine. A fourth count of the same…

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Circuit court sentencings, posted Sept. 8, 2022. 

September 8, 2022

Circuit court sentencings, posted Sept. 8, 2022.  LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court:  – Hunter Joseph Chance, 21; count 1, home invasion first degree, dismissed through plea agreement; count 2, assault and battery, 93 days jail with credit for three days served; count 3, assault or assault and battery,…

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Algae bloom detected in Bass Lake .

September 7, 2022

Algae bloom detected in Bass Lake . District Health Department #10 officials said an algae bloom was detected on Bass Lake, according to a press release issued Wednesday, Sept. 7. Bass Lake is situated in northern Oceana County and southern Mason County near Pentwater.  “On Aug. 24, the Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy collected samples and sent them…

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Police news, Sept. 7, 2022.

September 7, 2022

Police news, Sept. 7, 2022. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Auto Owners Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022: 6:50 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 west of US 31, Amber Township. ​3:22 p.m., (Ludington Police Department),…

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