CUSTER TOWNSHIP — Three separate vehicle crashes occurred at the same location on US 10 east of Tuttle Road Friday afternoon, Feb. 6, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. No one was injured. The first crash, which involved one vehicle, occurred at 4 p.m. Then at 4:20 p.m., another one-vehicle crash occurred at the same location. “The driver lost…
MASON COUNTY — Two drivers were injured in separate crashes last week on icy roads. The first crash occurred Friday, Feb. 6, at 12:39 a.m. on the US 31 freeway south of the Chauvez Road overpass in Pere Marquette Township, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “A 21-year-old Branch man received non-life-threatening injuries after he lost control on icy roads,”…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, Feb. 2, 2026: 7:46 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 22-year-old Pentwater man was transported to Corewell Health Ludington Hospital for serious injuries sustained in a vehicle crash, 8000 block of US 31, Free…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 26-year-old man faces a felony charge of reckless driving causing serious impairment after a female passenger fell out of the pickup truck he was driving in Scottville last fall. Garrett Allen Michels was charged with the crime, Jan. 28, 2026, and turned himself in to authorities, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 28-year-old man currently incarcerated in the Muskegon Correctional Facility for child sex crimes faces additional criminal charges in Mason County’s 79th District Court. Kenneth Herrick Spencer Kotarski is charged in Mason County with felonies of child sexually abusive commercial activity, using a computer to commit a crime (two counts) and accosting children…
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