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Man allegedly punches woman in the face while she’s driving

May 5, 2025

AMBER TOWNSHIP — A 51-year-old Fountain man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies for domestic violence after he allegedly punched a woman in the face while she was driving on west US 10-31 Saturday, May 3, at 11:18 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The man was a passenger in the vehicle that the woman was driving.…

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Man pleads ‘no contest’ to second-degree murder for running over wife with car

May 4, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 60-year-old Grand Rapids man pleaded “no contest” Friday, May 2, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court to second-degree murder for running over his wife with a car and killing her in 2023. Mark Lazon Casterman, who is currently lodged in the Mason County Jail on a $1 million cash/surety bond, is scheduled…

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Manistee man sentenced to prison for house party stabbing

April 30, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Manistee man was sentenced to four to 20 years in prison for a conviction of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 29. Derrick Allen Henton pleaded no contest to the charge, Jan. 28.  Henton stabbed Nathan Horacek of…

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Police news, published April 30, 2025

April 30, 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, April 29, 2025: 8:04 a.m., a 32-year-old Ludington man was cited for operating without insurance following a traffic stop near Grant and First streets, City of Ludington.  7:16 p.m., a 55-year-old Ludington man…

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Police looking for hit-and-run driver

April 29, 2025

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a person allegedly involved in a hit-and-run crash Monday, April 28, at 1:45 p.m. at the intersection of Jebavy Drive and Johnson Road. “Witnesses stated a black male, 40-50 years old, pulled into the path of a vehicle heading southbound on Jebavy causing a collision,” said Sheriff Cole.…

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