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Woman hit by side-by-side while walking down road

September 15, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 33-year-old Fountain woman was seriously injured after she was struck by a side-by-side while walking near the intersection of Morse and Decker roads Sunday, Sept. 14, at 7:35 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The following is other…

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79th District Court arraignments, published Sept. 15, 2025

September 15, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court Felonies -Gavin David Newman, 25; possession of a controlled substance (narcotics/cocaine); arrested Aug. 9 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned Sept. 9; preliminary hearing: Sept. 24; bail: $5,000/10 percent. -Shawn Roy Gert Sluyter, 51; third-offense domestic violence; arrested Sept. 7 by Mason…

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Women Who Care donates to HELP Ministries

September 15, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Women Who Care of Mason County recently donated $8,880 to HELP Ministries to assist with expenses of medical transport. Hands Extended Loving People, 910 E. Tinkham Ave., is a non-profit organization with a fundamental mission to help people when other agencies cannot. It helps provide furniture, appliances, household goods, kitchenware, and also help with…

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Candlelight vigil to honor Charlie Kirk

September 15, 2025

LUDINGTON — A candlelight vigil will be held in honor of the late Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, Sept. 17 beginning at 6 p.m. Kirk, a conservative activist who encouraged public debate on social and political issues, was assassinated last week on a college campus in Utah. The local event will begin at the Mason County Courthouse with participants then walking…

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Sheriff releases identity of presumed drowning victim

September 14, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole has released the name of the man who presumably drowned recently in Tallman Lake. The body of Estil Perrigan Jr., 61, of Holland, was recovered from the lake Friday afternoon following a brief search. Emergency personnel were called to the area of Tallman Lake Road and 20th Street…

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