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SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Road Commission will invest more than $4.4 million in road improvement projects during the 2026 construction season, including major reconstruction work on South Jebavy Drive and West Vandyke Road. The projects are outlined in the Mason County Road Commission’s 2026 Primary Road Projects brochure, which highlights six major infrastructure efforts planned across the county. The…
Photos submitted by Wayne Dewyer LUDINGTON — Attempts to recover the sunken commercial fishing boat Sandy have continued this week. Late Wednesday evening, crews were successful getting the bow of the boat out of the water. The boat sank earlier this spring in a channel located on Pere Marquette Lake near the Washington Avenue Bridge. The boat had been docked on…
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The Jebavy Drive Bridge will close to all traffic beginning June 1 as the Mason County Road Commission begins a preventative maintenance and rehabilitation project expected to continue through Aug. 1. The detour route will use Jagger Road, M-116 and Bryant Road, according to the road commission. The $350,000 project will include replacement of the bridge expansion…
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — A 25-year-old Fountain woman was arrested Tuesday, May 19, around 9:40 p.m. for operating while intoxicated following a traffic stop at Sugar Grove and Custer roads where she was stopped after being clocked on the radar at 94 mph in a 55-mph zone, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. She was lodged in the Mason County Jail.…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A jury found a 38-year-old woman guilty of kidnapping—custodial interference, more commonly known as parental kidnapping, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Thursday, May 21. Amy Lynn Churchill failed to return her 4-year-old son to his father, who is the custodial parent, on Christmas morning in 2023, said Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Beth…
