MASON COUNTY — A winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service for several west Michigan counties, including Mason and Oceana counties, has been extended until 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29. It was originally slated to end at 10 a.m. “Roads will remain slick and hazardous,” states NWS. “Visibility and road conditions may change rapidly over short distances in…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026: 8:12 a.m., vehicle slide-off — no damage or injury, US 31 freeway at 165 mile marker, Summit Township. 5:26 p.m., one-vehicle crash, no injury, Stiles Road south of Sugar Grove…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 55-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison for convictions of unlawful imprisonment, assault with a dangerous weapon and domestic violence in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 27. Thomas James Parker pleaded guilty to the charges Dec. 9, 2025. He was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 4,…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 56-year-old Manistee man was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison for convictions of receiving and concealing stolen property and fleeing and eluding police in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 27. Raymond Anthony Gonzalez pleaded guilty to the charges Dec. 2. Judge Susan K. Sniegowski sentenced Gonzalez to two…
LUDINGTON — A 60-year-old man was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison for a conviction of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 27. Kenneth Wayne Plumpton pleaded guilty to the charge July 29 following his arrest by the Ludington Police Department, according to court records. The date of the offense was April 15,…
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