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Deputies seize over 12 grams of cocaine during traffic stop

January 5, 2026

AMBER TOWNSHIP — Mason County sheriff’s deputies seized over 12 grams of suspected cocaine, along with methamphetamine, during a traffic stop on US 10-31 near Gordon Road Friday, Jan. 2, around 7:30 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Two Manistee men, ages 35 and 44, were arrested and lodged in the Mason County Jail. ____________________ Please Support Local News…

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Suspected cocaine found on woman arrested in 911 center parking lot 

January 5, 2026

WEARE TOWNSHIP (Oceana County) — A 47-year-old Thompsonville, Mich. woman was arrested after Mason County deputies assisted Oceana County deputies on a reported  suspicious vehicle that had pulled into the parking lot of the Mason-Oceana 911 dispatch center Sunday, Jan. 4, shortly before 5:30 a.m. “It was reported the vehicle kept turning its headlights off and on, and the occupants…

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Weekend police news, published Jan. 5, 2026

January 5, 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 over weekend: Friday, Jan. 2, 2026: 6 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Jagger Road west of Jebavy Drive, Hamlin Township. Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026: 8 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Hoague…

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Man arrested for OWI after crashing into utility pole

January 2, 2026

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Ludington man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after the vehicle he was driving went off the road and struck a utility pole, snapping it off, on Washington Avenue north of Virnetta Drive Thursday, Jan. 1, just before 4:30 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. No one was injured. The man was lodged…

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4 injured in 2-vehicle crash

January 2, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 32-year-old Ludington man and his three passengers received “non-life-threatening” injuries after a two-vehicle crash on US 10-31 east of Brye Road Thursday, Jan. 1, around 3:30 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The following is other recent…

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