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OWI, assault arrests top holiday weekend police activity

September 8, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County over the Labor Day Weekend: Friday, Sept. 4, 2026: 10:55 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 40-year-old man was arrested for stalking and malicious destruction of property following a domestic complaint, 700 block of East Danaher…

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Thief/thieves break into cabin, steal boat from Tallman Lake

September 3, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a breaking and entering of a cabin in the 2100 block of Tallman Lake Road that was reported Wednesday, Sept. 2, around 9 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “The complainant reported…

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Cocaine possession, domestic violence arrests top police activity

September 1, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Monday, Aug. 31, 2026: 7:44 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Millerton Road, Sherman Township. 8:32 a.m., a 53-year-old Ludington woman turned herself in to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office on an…

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Man arrested for OWI after nearly rear-ending patrol car

August 31, 2026

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 37-year-old Millington, Tenn. man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after he ran off road, nearly rear-ending a Mason County Sheriff’s Office patrol car that was parked roadside on US 31 near LaSalle Road where a deputy was working radar in the area Sunday, Aug. 30, around 10 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. He…

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Woman, 19, arrested for fleeing police, resisting arrest

August 31, 2026

LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Free Soil woman was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies on charges of fleeing and eluding police and resisting and obstructing police following after Mason County sheriff’s deputies were alerted of a high-speed reckless driver, who was traveling westbound on US 10 near Stiles Road Saturday, Aug. 29, just after 5 p.m., according to Mason County…

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