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Manistee woman succumbs to injuries sustained in crash

October 6, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — A 56-year-old Manistee woman succumbed to a head injury sustained in a two-vehicle crash on US 31 near Forest Trail Road, Sept. 21, at 11:15 p.m., said Michigan State Police Trooper Freddy Bahena of the Hart post. The woman was transported by ambulance to Corewell Health Ludington Hospital and later transferred…

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Police news, published Oct. 6, 2026

October 6, 2026

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: Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026: 7:25 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 17-year-old Manistee boy was turned over to his parents after he was apprehended on charges of operating while intoxicated, operating without a license and…

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Police release info about deadly crash

October 5, 2026

WRIGHT TOWNSHIP, Ottawa County — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office released information about the three-vehicle crash on I 96 that killed Lucus Jerry Werkema-Grondsma, 18, of Pentwater on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 12:15 a.m. Werkema-Grondsma was a passenger in a Nissan Infiniti driven by a 23-year-old Custer man, whose name has not been released. Preliminary investigation shows that a semi-truck…

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Drive-through dispute leads to arrest

October 5, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 43-year-old Ludington man was arrested following a dispute over service in the Taco Bell drive-through on US 10 after he refused to leave when asked, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The incident occurred Saturday, Oct. 3, at 1:19…

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Mason County man charged with operating under the influence causing death

October 2, 2026

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 41-year-old Mason County man is charged with a felony of operating under the influence causing death following a traffic crash last October that resulted in the death of Gary Lee Overdorf, 67, of Grand Haven. Joshua David Spore was recently arraigned on the charge in Mason County’s 79th District Court. Mason County…

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