By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old man was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 24, to 15-40 years in prison for convictions of first-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) — victim under age 13, assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence and third-offense habitual offender. Sebastian Aaron-James Cooper pleaded guilty to the charges Jan.…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief GRANT TOWNSHIP — Fire caused severe damage to a historic building at 790 W. Hoague Rd. Monday morning. The Grant Township Fire Department, Free Soil/Meade Fire Department and Mason County Rural Fire Authority units were initially dispatched to the residence at 11:32 a.m. Dispatch information reported flames coming out of the windows. The house, located on…
CUSTER — A 33-year-old Custer woman who was working as a paraprofessional at Mason County Eastern at the time is accused of having a sexual relationship with a male high school student. Tanya Schram was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Thursday, March 19, and lodged in the Mason County Jail on two felony counts of child sexually abusive…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 36-year-old Manistee man wanted on a felony drug warrant was arrested early Friday morning, March 20, after fleeing from police in an SUV reaching speeds over 110 mph. Douglas Alan-Robert Edens is charged with felonies of fourth-degree fleeing police and assaulting/resisting/obstructing police. “On Friday, March 20 2026, at 1:16 a.m., Mason County deputies attempted a traffic…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SCOTTVILLE — A 17-year-old Free Soil boy received minor injuries after being struck by a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old male driver from Branch Friday, March 20, shortly after noon near Mason County Central High School at the intersection of Broadway and Reinberg…
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