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, Aug. 17, 2026: 5:48 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), alarm activation, City of Scottville. 7:17 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Hansen Road west of Dennis Road, Amber Township. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026:…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 51-year-old man pleaded no contest to one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of second-degree CSC on the second day of his criminal trial in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 18. Raymond Draper sexually assaulted two young girls who are related to him, said Mason County Prosecuting…
VICTORY TOWNSHIP — On Monday, during its regular monthly meeting, the West Shore Community College Board of Trustees accepted the gift of eight works by pioneering American abstract artist and longtime Riverton Township resident Manierre Dawson. The art adds to the college’s existed collection of Dawson’s art. The donation includes six watercolors and two oil paintings on canvas. The oils…
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — District Health Department No. 10 and state environmental officials have confirmed a harmful algae bloom at Bass Lake in Mason County. The bloom was confirmed Monday, Aug. 17, by DHD No. 10 in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Health officials said they will continue monitoring the harmful algae bloom, or HAB,…
LUDINGTON — The City of Ludington will begin work later this month on a sanitary sewer replacement project in the alley between Ferry Street and Gaylord Avenue. The project will extend from Pere Marquette Street to Haight Street and is intended to replace aging sanitary sewer infrastructure and improve the reliability and long-term performance of the city’s sewer system. Work…
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