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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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Seasonal weight and speed restrictions on roads begin Friday

February 25, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — Seasonal weight and speed restrictions go into effect Friday, Feb. 28, at 6 a.m. until further notice, according to the Mason County Road Commission. “All county roads will be restricted by reducing the maximum axle load by 35 percent per axle and truck speeds to 35 mph,” states MCRC. “Weight and speed restrictions are enforced to minimize the…

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