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Man found ‘slumped’ over the wheel arrested for OWI

March 30, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A 57-year-old Pentwater man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after a Mason County sheriff’s deputy found him slumped over the steering wheel, passed out with the vehicle running Saturday, March 28, at 12:50 a.m., on Anthony Road east of…

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US 31 bridge work near Pentwater to begin April 6

March 30, 2026

PENTWATER TOWNSHIP, Oceana County — The Michigan Department of Transportation will begin a $1 million project Monday, April 6, to improve the US 31 bridges over the south branch of the Pentwater River. “Work includes substructure repairs, new expansion joints, pin and hanger replacement, and painting,” states a press release from MDOT. The work is expected to be completed in…

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51st Circuit Court sentences, published March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: Dillon James Swinney, 26, pleaded guilty Jan. 21 to third-offense operating while intoxicated, driving while license suspended and transporting an open intoxicant in a vehicle and was sentenced March 24 to concurrent terms of 30 months to 20 years in prison with credit for 298 days…

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Domestic violence, meth arrests top police activity

March 27, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Thursday, March 26, 2026: 3:12 a.m., a 21-year-old Ludington man was arrested for domestic violence following a 911 call reporting a disturbance, Wildwood Crossing, Amber Township. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail. 3:14…

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Man charged with a dozen felonies in child abuse cases

March 26, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 43-year-old Scottville man faces 12 felony counts in two separate criminal cases involving child abuse and assault. Michael Reece Herndon was recently arraigned on eight of those charges in Mason County’s 79th District Court: two counts of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder; two counts of second-degree…

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