ID theft yields $44,000 in fraudulent credit card charges. #MasonCountyCrime LUDINGTON – A local resident discovered her identity was stolen, which resulted in fraudulent credit card charges of $44,000, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The identity theft was reported to the sheriff’s office Tuesday, Feb. 5, around 3:30 p.m. in the City of Ludington. “The victim reported discovering her…
Deputy Lamb’s fawn By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. GRANT TOWNSHIP — A fawn that lost its mother was most likely saved today by Mason County Sheriff Dep. Adam Lamb. Lamb said he was on patrol on North Quarterline Road, near Forest Trail, when he spotted the fawn running into the road and then into the weeds. “Something just didn’t seem right,”…
Father Marquette Memorial decals available. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Riverflats Coffee & Tea, 1975 S. Pere Marquette Highway, is giving away Father Marquette Memorial decals. Owner Paul Piper said someone stopped by the shop over the weekend and dropped off the decals and asked that they be given away to anyone wishing to support saving the memorial. The memorial, honoring…
Ludington man faces up to 15 years in prison for unlawful imprisonment, strangulation. LUDINGTON — Mathew Alan Whittman, 29, of Ludington was arraigned today in 79th District Court on the felony charges of unlawful imprisonment and domestic assault-strangulation. Whittman is the suspect in an alleged incident that took place over the weekend against a female subject in the 3000 block of…
Firefighters save Logan Twp. house. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LOGAN TOWNSHIP — Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a fire at 8529 E Kinney Rd. Friday morning. Carr Fire Department and Branch Township Fire Department were called to the house just after 8:30 a.m. Carr Fire Chief Andy LaPointe said the owner of the house told him that he had…
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