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Police news, published Nov. 14, 2025

November 14, 2025

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: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025: 6:16 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Tuttle Road south of Sugar Grove Road, Sherman Township. 6:30 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Brye Road south of…

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79th District Court arraignments, published Nov. 14, 2025

November 14, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Gadge Isaac Allen Walker, 20; two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct; date of offense: June 22, 2019; charged by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned Nov. 12; preliminary hearing: Dec. 3; bail: $50,000/10…

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Scottville Christmas parade is Dec. 5

November 13, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — The sixth annual Scottville Christmas parade will take place Friday, Dec. 5 beginning at 6 p.m. A tree lighting celebration will take place downtown following the parade. The parade route will again go through the neighborhoods of Scottville with participants meeting at the Mason County Central Middle School on the west end of Beryl Street. The parade route…

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Sports coverage sponsors needed

November 12, 2025

Last month we announced that Mason County Press and Oceana County Press will begin covering local sports and recreation. As a small business, adding this level of service requires additional funding. We are still in need of more supporters in order to bring this service to you. Individuals who would like to contribute may do so by making an instant…

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NTSB: Snow/ice, pilot error caused 2023 fatal plane crash

November 12, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its Aviation Investigation Final Report on an airplane crash that killed two people from Indiana on Nov. 23, 2023. Pilot Randy Strebig, 60, and Allison Wheaton, 43, died after their plane, a Socata TBM 700, crashed north of the Mason County Airport just west of…

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