AMBER TOWNSHIP — Covenant Christian School has announced that it will be closed the remainder of the week due to illness.
AMBER TOWNSHIP — Covenant Christian School has announced that it will be closed the remainder of the week due to illness.

Police news. #MasonCountyCrime The police news is a presentation of Lenz-Balder Insurance, offering Nationwide Insurance, 201 E. Court St., Ludington, 231-845-6279, www.lenzbalderins.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Monday, Jan. 27, 2020: – 8:05 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Hansen Road east of Meyers Road, Amber Township. – 2:34 p.m., (MCSO), larceny of a…

Man sent to jail for attempted strangulation. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 46-year-old Sheridan Township man was sentenced to serve five months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term Tuesday, Jan. 28, in 51st Circuit Court for convictions of attempted assault by strangulation, domestic violence and third-offense habitual offender. Bernard Joe Bovee, Jr., of 6590 E.…

Man pleads guilty to attempted third-degree CSC. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. LUDINGTON – A 37-year-old Sherman Township man pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Jan. 28, to attempted third-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Timothy John Thorne, of 4020 N. Stephens Rd., faces one year in jail for the conviction. In exchange for his plea, one count of accosting…

Murphy named new Scottville police chief. SCOTTVILLE — Matt Murphy has been named the new full-time Scottville Police Department chief. Murphy, a resident of Scottville, currently works as a full-time road patrol deputy with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and as a part-time officer for Scottville Police Department. The last time the city had a full-time chief was in 2011.…