By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Ludington City Council will meet in closed session today to discuss legal strategy related to a lawsuit filed by a local business owner over a halted downtown construction project. The special meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. and comes ahead of a mediation session planned later this week in the case of ASR Real…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 44-year-old man was sentenced to a minimum of 18 months to a maximum of 30 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 7, for a conviction of assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder and fourth-offense habitual offender. Earnest Milton III pleaded no contest…
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 6, 2026: 4:33 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Decker Road, Custer Township. Tuesday, April 7, 2026: 11:14 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 22-year-old Ludington…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: Richard Lee Frisbie, 25, pleaded guilty, April 7, to third-offense domestic violence and methamphetamine possession and was sentenced to a minimum of 18 months to a maximum of 20 years in prison and $266 in fines and costs. One count of assault with intent to commit…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Recall efforts targeting two Hamlin Township officials will not move forward after the Mason County Election Commission rejected the petition language during a clarity hearing held March 31. As previously reported, recall petitions were filed by Greg Collins against Hamlin Township Treasurer Susan Ptaszenski and Trustee Johnaine Gurzynski. The Mason County Election Commission —…
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