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LASD board to discuss back to school plan.

July 20, 2020

LASD board to discuss back to school plan. LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area School District Board of Education is expected to discuss the district’s return to school plan when it meets tonight at 6 p.m. Under the 142nd executive order of Gov. Whitmer, the COVID-19 preparedness and response plan is required seven days before the start of the school year,…

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Deputies catch fleeing shoplifting suspect.

July 20, 2020

Deputies catch fleeing shoplifting suspect. #MasonCountyCrime PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Two Mason County sheriff’s deputies captured a 49-year-old Minot, North Dakota man who fled from them in a vehicle and on foot after allegedly shoplifting at Walmart Sunday evening, July 19, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The deputies were on patrol and spotted the suspect’s vehicle headed westbound…

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Girl, 12, injured in golf cart rollover.

July 20, 2020

Girl, 12, injured in golf cart rollover. #MasonCountyCrime The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 12-year-old Montague girl received non-life-threatening injuries after she was ejected from a golf cart that rolled over Friday, July 17, shortly before 11:30 a.m. on Bockstanz Road east of…

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Beach bonfire cancelled. 

July 20, 2020

Beach bonfire cancelled.  LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Convention & Visitors Bureau announced the July 23 Pure Ludington Sunset Beach Bonfire has been cancelled due to restrictions on crowd sizes.  “We were hoping this week’s event would be possible,” said Brandy Miller, Executive Director of the Ludington Area CVB, “but we look forward to August to be able to hold…

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Search for presumed drowning victim suspended for night.

July 19, 2020

Search for presumed drowning victim suspended for night. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP—The search for a Goodrich man who is presumed to have drowned in Round Lake Saturday evening has been suspended for the night. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole said crews searched for Nathan Troy Munsey, 47, beginning at 7 a.m. today, Sunday, July 19 until 8 p.m.…

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