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Domestic assault at campsite results in strangulation charge

September 11, 2026

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 23-year-old Kingsley man was arrested on charges of assault by strangulation, interfering with a telecommunications device and domestic violence following a 911 call reporting an assault Thursday, Sept. 10, at 9:15 a.m. at a Green Road campsite in the Manistee National Forest, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The suspect was lodged in the Mason County…

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Vehicle flees accident scene after injuring passenger

September 11, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Ludington man received minor injuries after the passenger side door of the vehicle he was riding in was struck by a vehicle which failed to yield and then fled the scene on US 10 near Pere Marquette…

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51st Circuit Court sentences, published Sept. 10, 2026

September 10, 2026

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: Kayla Jean Johnson, 34, pleaded guilty June 30 to methamphetamine/ecstasy possession and controlled substance possession—cocaine, heroin or another narcotic and was sentenced Sept. 1 to one year in jail with credit for 122 days served in jail; three years probation; and $266 in fines and costs. In…

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Harmful algae bloom detected in Bass Lake

September 10, 2026

SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — District Health Department #10 and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy have confirmed that a reported algae bloom in Bass Lake is harmful. This is the second time‎ this summer that a harmful algae bloom was detected on Bass Lake. The algae bloom was confirmed in Bass Lake, Wednesday, Sept. 9. “DHD#10 will continue to…

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WSCC’s Oceana Community Education Center to open soon

September 9, 2026

The facility will be ‘one-stop shopping’ for education, workforce development and community services  WSCC News is a presentation of West Shore Community College in partnership with Mason County Press.  By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor HART — A vision that has been over a decade in the making will soon become reality when West Shore Community College’s Oceana Community Education Center…

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