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Severe thunderstorms expected Thursday evening

May 15, 2025

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a hazardous weather outlook alert as a line of severe thunderstorms is expected to hit west Michigan Thursday, evening, May 15. “A line of severe thunderstorms will move through this evening with large hail, damaging downburst winds and tornadoes possible,” states NWS. “Thunderstorms Friday evening could bring some hail and gusty…

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Police news, published May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is activity of the Ludington Police Department Tuesday, May 13, 2025: 10:25 a.m., a 35-year-old Ludington man was contacted in the 200 block of East Filer Street and was found to have an active warrant for failure to appear in Mason…

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Accreditation team invites public comment about LPD

May 13, 2025

LUDINGTON — A team of assessors from the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission will arrive Tuesday, May 20, to examine all aspects of the Ludington Police Department policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services, said Ludington Police Chief Christopher Jones. “Verification by the team that the Ludington Police Department meets the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission’s ‘best practice’ standards…

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Dog owner ticketed for dog bite

May 13, 2025

LUDINGTON — A 64-year-old Ludington man was cited Monday, May 12, shortly before 8 a.m. by Ludington police after his dog bit another person in the 300 block of North Ferry Street, said Ludington Police Chief Christopher Jones. “The subject’s dog had bitten a person who had passed on the sidewalk,” said Chief Jones. The man was also cited for…

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Weekend police news, published May 12, 2025

May 12, 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: Friday, May 9, 2025: 1 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Lakeshore Drive north of Jagger Road, Hamlin Township. 7:10 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of…

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