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Three people injured in crash

May 27, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — Three people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Quarterline Road and Forest Trail Monday, May 26, at 3:30 p.m. “A 34-year-old Decatur, Georgia woman received serious injuries after she failed to stop at the stop sign and was struck by a southbound vehicle driven by a Lansing, Michigan man,” said Mason County…

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Remembering

May 26, 2025

Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — The Custer VFW Gold Bar Post 5096 honored fallen soldiers and sailors Monday with four services. The morning began with a service at Mason County Central High School in Scottville, then Riverside Cemetery in Custer Township, Maple Grove Cemetery in Free Soil Township and concluded at the Michigan State Police Trooper…

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Sheriff Cole addresses Rolling Thunder Annual Ride for Freedom at Capitol

May 26, 2025

LANSING — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole was the featured speaker Sunday, May 25, during the Rolling Thunder Annual Ride for Freedom gathering at the Michigan Capitol. The gathering honored families of prisoners of war, military personnel missing in action and Gold Star families. Joining Sheriff Cole was Ludington High School student Sawyer Henrickson of Miss Sawyer’s Kids with a…

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Judee Larsen wasn’t a farmer’s wife — she was a farmer

May 24, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Judee Larsen was nothing short of a farming legend in Mason and Oceana counties. The matriarch of Larsen Farms, based in Victory Township, Judee passed away at her home following lengthy health challenges, on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the age of 82. Judee was not a farmer’s wife. She was a farmer.…

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Weather Alert: Frost advisory issued for tonight

May 24, 2025

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory from 1 to 8 a.m. Sunday, May 25. Temperatures are forecasted to drop to 33 degrees which will result in frost formation. The advisory is for Mason, Lake, Clare, and Osceola counties.   _________________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with email news alerts for…

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