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By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old man was sentenced to prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 5, in three criminal files. Austin Michael Nead was sentenced by Judge Susan K. Sniegowski to a prison term of two to 15 years with credit for 146 days served in jail for convictions of tampering with an…
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Three male juveniles from Mason County were injured in a single-vehicle crash in the 4900 block of Sherman Road near Fountain Road Sunday, May 3, shortly before 7 p.m., according to Michigan State Police Sgt. Michael Cuevas of the Hart post. “All three were transported to Corewell Health Ludington Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and then transported to…
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, April 27, 2026: 9:16 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 35-year-old Hart man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County failure to appear warrant for an original charge of delivery of a dangerous…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 21, 2026: Shawn Roy-Gert Sluyter, 51, pleaded no contest Feb. 17 to third-offense domestic violence and was sentenced April 21 to 15 months in prison with credit for 227 days served; no contact with the victim; and $198 in fines and costs. The court did not…
A large portion of the western half of the Lower Peninsula, including Mason and Oceana counties, is under a wind advisory issued by the National Weather Service until 8 p.m. Monday, April 27. Southeast winds 15-25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph are expected. Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down, and a…
