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2 injured in PM Highway crash.

July 29, 2021

2 injured in PM Highway crash. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 25-year-old Ludington man and a 69 year-old Rockford woman were injured in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday, July 28, shortly before 8 a.m. on Pere Marquette Highway at the US 31 northbound off-ramp, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Please consider helping to fund local news. Mason County Press…

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Police news, July 28, 2021.

July 28, 2021

    Police news, July 28, 2021. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. Tuesday, July 27, 2021:​ ​8:05 p.m., a 35-year-old Ludington man was arrested on a local warrant, ​200 block of South Madison Street, City of Ludington​. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail. 9:47…

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Habitual offender faces prison for meth.

July 27, 2021

Habitual offender faces prison for meth. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 33-year-old Hamlin Township woman faces a minimum prison term of 18 months after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Monday, July 26, to methamphetamine possession and fourth-offense habitual offender. Sheena Marie Skoog was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office last month on Stiles Road in Amber…

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OWI arrests top police activity.

July 27, 2021

OWI arrests top police activity. The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Saturday, July 24, 2021: 12:27 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 25-year-old Fountain man was arrested for operating while intoxicated (OWI), Darr Road near Decker Road, Sherman Township.…

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Woman sentenced for spitting on officer while infected with COVID-19.

July 26, 2021

Woman sentenced for spitting on officer while infected with COVID-19. By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON — A 33-year-old Norton Shores woman was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Monday, July 26, to time served in jail for spitting on a Mason County sheriff’s deputy when she was infected with COVID-19. Beth Lynn Buell, pleaded “no contest” last June to two felony…

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