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Police news, published Feb. 28, 2025

February 28, 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:  Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025: 6:47 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 25-year-old Ludington woman was cited for driving while license suspended, First and Jefferson streets, City of Ludington. 7:28 a.m., (LPD), a 37-year-old Ludington man…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, published Feb. 27, 2025

February 27, 2025

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Shawn Roy-Gert Sluyter, 50, pleaded guilty Dec. 17 to a felony of third-offense domestic violence and was sentenced Feb. 25 to seven months in jail with credit for 91 days served; two years probation; and $598 in fines and costs. – Brandee Barbara Palmer, 32,…

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Moolenaar reintroduces bill to freeze migrant workers’ wage

February 27, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Moolenaar (R—Michigan) reintroduced “bipartisan legislation to address high costs Michigan farmers are required to pay due to Department of Labor regulations,” states a press release from his office.  The bill, the Supporting Farm Operations Act, would freeze the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A migrant farm workers at the 2023 rate through the end…

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Police news, published Feb. 27, 2025

February 27, 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 Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025: 8:09 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Quarterline Road north of Gurney Road, Grant Township. 9:30 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road north of Johnson Road,…

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Police news, published Feb. 26, 2025

February 26, 2025

The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, Feb. 24, 2025: 5:07 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 north of Free Soil Road, Free Soil Township. 4 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Fountain Road west of Budzynski Road, Sheridan Township. 9:33 p.m., (MCSO), a 36-year-old White Cloud man was arrested on two…

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