MASON COUNTY — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office made 49 traffic stops, resulting in five arrests and three tickets during a traffic safety initiative on US 10 and US 31 Friday afternoon and evening, Aug. 26, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. It was the second initiative after the sheriff’s office conducted a similar one the previous Friday, Aug.…
LUDINGTON — A 31-year-old man faces a mandatory minimum prison term of 25 years if he’s convicted of a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct — victim under age 13. Jose Elias Chavez, who is free on bond, appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday Aug. 20, for a pretrial hearing with his attorney Horia Neagos. The alleged CSC…
‘Over the last week, there have been numerous occasions when the S.S. Badger has encountered boats that failed to give way. In some cases, the captain of the S.S. Badger was forced to take actions to avoid a collision.’ LUDINGTON — The Ludington Police Department has issued a harbormaster order, limiting the hours that people can fish in the Ludington…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty to felonious assault and second-offense operating while intoxicated in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 20, for crashing into another vehicle while driving drunk Dec. 31, 2022 on Hoague Road in Grant Township. The original charge of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury will be dismissed against…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A 54 year-old Waukegan, Illinois man was arrested on charges of felon in possession of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm Tuesday, Aug. 20, shortly after 2:30 p.m. after Mason County sheriff’s deputies and Michigan State Police troopers…
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