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A land bank authority is a tool to repurpose abandoned and blighted properties. The Mason County Land Bank Authority was created in 2023, and its focus is on residential properties and it is one of several strategies to address the county's housing shortage.

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After almost two years of enduring construction and remodeling and still running a school, the construction projects at Ludington High School and the OJ DeJonge Middle School are finished and ready to be unveiled to the community.

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GRAND RAPIDS — Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Andrew Birge announced that Brandon Lee Chase, 45, of Walkerville, previously pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and was sentenced yesterday to 90 years in federal prison, according to a pr…

A Mason County Corrections deputy was injured after being attacked by an inmate in the cellblock of the Mason County Jail Monday around 11:15 a.m.

A Manistee County Deputy, Dillon Haywood Rosa, 34, of Beulah, remains on unpaid administrative leave after his arraignment Jan. 22 on one count of child abuse, fourth degree, and one count of domestic violence in the 86th District Court in Grand Traverse County.

Three law enforcement officers sustained injuries after they responded to a call of an assault in progress in the 100 block of East Filer Street Sunday at 5:11 a.m.

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