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Lake-Osceola State Bank sponsors Dolly Parton Imagination Library books. 

November 8, 2021

Lake-Osceola State Bank sponsors Dolly Parton Imagination Library books.  SCOTTVILLE — Lake-Osceola State Bank has pledged a $5,000 annual contribution to FiveCAP, Inc. to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to ensure children, ages birth to 5, in Mason, Manistee and Lake counties, will be enrolled in the program, which provides a free new book each month.  The Imagination Library…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings.

November 7, 2021

51st Circuit Court sentencings, posted Nov. 7, 2021. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Donald Glenn Fitch, 39, of 3046 N. Amber Rd., Victory Township, was found guilty Sept. 10 of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Oct. 26 to two days in jail with credit for two days…

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Oaks Correctional Facility holding career open house.

November 6, 2021

Oaks Correctional Facility holding career open house. MANISTEE TOWNSHIP (Manistee County) — Oaks Correctional Facility will hold an informational open house for potential employees on Tuesday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the facility’s administrative building training room, 1500 Caberfae Highway (M-55). Open interviews will be conducted. For more information, call 231-723-8272. This posting is a paid…

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An opportunity to support Irish music. 

November 5, 2021

An opportunity to support Irish music.  For the past several years, Mason County Press has been a sponsor of the Michigan Irish Music Festival, held annually in Muskegon (with the exception of 2020 and 2021). A few years ago, we met Niamh Dunne from Ireland as she sang and played fiddle in the internationally acclaimed band Beoga. Like most artists,…

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79th District Court news, posted Nov. 5, 2021. 

November 5, 2021

79th District Court news, posted Nov. 5, 2021.  By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following criminal proceedings took place in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felony Arraignments -Clinton Duane Franklin, 45, of 109 E. Foster St., Ludington, was arrested Oct. 29 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) on a felony charge of delivery/manufacturing a controlled substance (methamphetamine). Probable…

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