By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Custer woman who led police on a high-speed chase with a motorcycle last fall received an 11-month delayed sentence in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 10. Katlin Marie Hammond pleaded guilty Jan. 13 to two felony counts of third-degree fleeing a police officer and a misdemeanor of reckless driving,…
SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Recreation is now registering for youth summer leagues in baseball, softball and t-ball. The program is open for area children ages 4-15 and is administered through Mason County Central Schools. The cost is $40 per child, t-ball and $50 per child for all other leagues. Registration takes place online at www.masoncountyrec.org. The registration deadline is April…
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, March 9, 2026: 7 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road north of Freeman Road, Free Soil Township. 7:09 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle rear-end crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway…
LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area School District Board of Education has selected three candidates to be interviewed for the position of superintendent. Those candidates include: Frank Marietta, Travis Walker and Jonathan Wennstrom. The board made the decision during a special meeting Tuesday. It had received 19 applications for the position to replace Dr. Kyle Corlett, who resigned in December. The…
LUDINGTON — A 52-year-old man was sentenced to two to 30 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 10, for convictions of methamphetamine/ecstasy possession, felony firearm, receiving and concealing stolen property $1,000-$20,000 and fourth-offense habitual offender, according to court records. Benjamin Carl Meyer pleaded no contest to the charges, Jan. 13. Two additional counts of felony…
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