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Pandemic-related mini grants available to small businesses. 

October 15, 2021

Pandemic-related mini grants available to small businesses.  To bolster the community’s response and recovery strategy to COVID-19, the Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce is offering mini-grants to support locally owned, small businesses in Mason County.  Businesses that have been impacted by the pandemic can submit applications for funding at ludington.org/minigrants starting today, Oct. 15, 2021.  The mini-grants are…

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Police news, Oct. 14, 2021.

October 14, 2021

Police news, Oct. 14, 2021. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021: 4:29 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 east of Brye Road, Amber Township. 4:48 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31…

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Medical disposal event is Oct. 23 at fairgrounds. 

October 14, 2021

Medical disposal event is Oct. 23 at fairgrounds.  PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A medication disposal event will be held at the Mason County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9  a.m. to noon. The event is being organized by the Leeward Initiative, a local coalition working to prevent substance abuse in Mason County.  Volunteers will be on-hand for the drive-thru…

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Wakelin loses appeal; charges of resisting arrest bound over. 

October 13, 2021

Wakelin loses appeal; charges of resisting arrest bound over.  By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A case against a Ludington man charged with assaulting/obstructing/resisting police officers has been bound over to circuit court following an appeal by the Mason County Prosecuting Attorney’s office.  Devon Joseph Edwin Wakelin, 24, of 101 W. Melendy St., was arrested by Ludington Police Department on…

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Ludington teen airlifted following crash.

October 13, 2021

Ludington teen airlifted following crash. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 17-year-old Ludington boy was flown via Aeromed to Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids with critical injuries following a single-vehicle crash Wednesday, Oct. 13, around 3:45 a.m. on South Lakeshore Drive north of Chauvez Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “Upon the arrival of emergency crews, both…

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