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News Alert: Structure fire in Eden Township

March 14, 2025

EDEN TOWNSHIP (4:28 p.m.) — Fire departments have been dispatched to the 3900 block of East Hawley Road for a report of a mobile home on fire.  

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Fin & Feather Club offering CPL, basic pistol classes

March 14, 2025

SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — The Fin & Feather Club of Mason County will be offering a concealed pistol license (CPL) class on Friday, April 11 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 12, all day, with live range shooting in the afternoon. The entire class will take place at the Fin & Feather Club’s grounds, 3276 N. Darr Rd. Class…

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MCE High School seniors recognized as ‘champions’ for college application rate

March 13, 2025

West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press. CUSTER — Michigan College Access Network recently recognized Mason County Eastern High School’s senior class as “champions” for having a college application completion rate of 80 percent or higher by the end of October 2024. Just over…

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Ludington PD news, published March 13, 2025

March 13, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Ludington Police Department Wednesday, March 12, 2025: 7:57 p.m., a 30-year-old Ludington man was arrested on three warrants issued by Mason County’s 79th District Court, 300 block of Third Street, City of Ludington. He was lodged in…

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Drug dealer sentenced to 13.5 years minimum for 11 convictions

March 12, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old New Era man was sentenced to a minimum of 13 ½ years in prison for 11 felony convictions in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 11. Levi Alan Richard pleaded no contest Jan. 14 to two counts of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine; one count of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture methamphetamine; four counts…

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