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‘Unusually high levels’ of E. coli found in PM Lake

April 8, 2025

UPDATE: District Health Department #10 lifted the water contact advisory Friday, April 11. “DHD #10 confirmed that follow-up bacterial samples from both sample sites at Pere Marquette Lake – Ludington, Mason County, no longer contain elevated levels of E. coli.” PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — District Health Department #10 is reporting that bacterial samples collected from Pere Marquette Lake Monday, April…

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Police news, published April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025

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 Monday, April 7, 2025: 7:09 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Jagger Road east of Lincoln Road, Hamlin Township. 7:18 a.m., (MCSO), a 36-year-old Manistee man was cited following a traffic stop…

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Sheriff’s office drone unit helps find missing person in Grant Township

April 7, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 74-year-old Norton Shores woman, who had been missing since Thursday, April 3, was found by rescuers with drones Sunday, April 6, in Mason County. Nancy Bloomquist was lost in a “heavily wooded area,” said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole, and she laid next to a downed tree to seek shelter during the rain Thursday night. “She…

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Weekend police news, published April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025

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 weekend: Friday, April 4, 2025: 12:45 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 43-year-old Scottville man was arrested for third-offense operating while intoxicated, driving while license suspended and operating without a license following a single-vehicle…

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79th District Court arraignments, published April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Scott David Alexander, 63; third-offense operating a vehicle while under the influence of liquor and driving while license suspended; arrested March 25 by Michigan State Police; arraigned March 26; preliminary hearing: April 16; bail: $50,000 cash. -Jaxon Anthony Battice, 20; carrying…

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