By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — Tensions ran high during a sentencing hearing in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, June 17, for a 60-year-old Grand Rapids man who ran over his wife with a car and killed her in 2023. Mark Lazon Casterman was sentenced to 15 to 50 years in prison Tuesday. Casterman pleaded “no contest,” May…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Zane Orion Batterson, 23; assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, second-offense domestic violence, two counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, third-degree fleeing and eluding, and interfering with electronic communications; arrested June 8 by Mason County…
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: Wednesday, June 11, 2025: 8:28 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 45-year-old Ludington woman was arrested on a felony warrant issued by Mason County’s 79th District Court, Emily and Danaher streets, City of Ludington. She…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor BENONA TOWNSHIP, Oceana County — Emergency response leaders, dune community leaders and residents from Oceana and Mason counties met Thursday, June 12, at the Little Sable Point Stone Church to discuss ways to alleviate challenges firefighters and other first responders face when handling an emergency in a Limited Access Dune Community. A Limited Access Dune…
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 Tuesday, June 10, 2025: 2:03 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 32-year-old Manistee man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County warrant for failure to appear, US 10 and Countyline Road, Grant Township. He was…
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