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PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 67-year-old Itasca, Ill. man and his 58-year-old female passenger, also from Itasca, Ill., both received serious injuries after he pulled off of the northbound US 31 off-ramp to Pere Marquette Highway and into the path of a southbound vehicle, operated by a 38-year-old Mooresville, Ind. man, who was not injured, Sunday, Aug. 2, at 3:18…
BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old Branch man was arrested for fleeing and eluding police and driving while license revoked after he led a Mason County sheriff’s deputy on a chase while riding a motorcycle Saturday night, Aug. 1, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “At 10:03 p.m., on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, a Mason County deputy attempted a traffic…
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: Friday, July 31, 2026: 6:43 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township. 1:35 p.m., (MCSO), assault, 100 block of South Reinberg Road, City of Scottville. The complainant reported being assaulted early…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief BATH, Maine — A new U.S. Navy warship honoring one of Ludington’s greatest military heroes was christened Saturday at Bath Iron Works, ensuring the legacy of Medal of Honor recipient Master Chief Hospital Corpsman William Richard Charette will sail with the nation’s fleet for decades to come. The USS William Charette (DDG 130), an Arleigh Burke-class…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — Over the past few months, George C. Wilson has been painstakingly restoring three cabinets salvaged from the former Scottville school building. To date, he has completed two of the historic pieces, which will be auctioned during the Spartan Reunion concert on Tuesday, Aug. 18, to benefit the Mason County Central band program. The reunion…
