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Chamber dinner to honor businesses and volunteers. 

September 9, 2022

Chamber dinner to honor businesses and volunteers.  HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual award dinner and ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 22 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club.  Awards for Community Service, Mason County Business of the Year, Mason County Small Business of the Year and the chamber’s Future Five will be presented. …

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Trooper Butterfield memorial service is Friday.

September 8, 2022

Trooper Butterfield memorial service is Friday. FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — On Sept. 9, 2013, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield was murdered on Custer Road north of Townline Road by a 19-year-old Irons male during a routine traffic stop. Butterfield, 42, lived in Grant Township and was assigned to the MSP Hart post. The annual memorial service honoring Butterfield will…

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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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