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Miss Ludington Area is First Runner Up in Miss Michigan pageant

June 16, 2025

MUSKEGON — Miss Ludington Area Natalee Urbon was named First Runner Up during the 86th annual Miss Michigan Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, June 14. Urbon also was named Miss Congeniality during the pageant held at the Frauenthal Theater in downtown Muskegon. As Miss Ludington Area, Urbon represents Mason, Manistee, Oceana, and Lake counties. She was chosen among 22 women and…

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79th District Court arraignments, published June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Zane Orion Batterson, 23; assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, second-offense domestic violence, two counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, third-degree fleeing and eluding, and interfering with electronic communications; arrested June 8 by Mason County…

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6 injured in Grant Township crash

June 16, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  GRANT TOWNSHIP, Mason County — Six people were injured Sunday, June 15, as a result of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Quarterline Road and Forest Trail. The injured included three people from Lexington, SC, out of five from one vehicle, and three…

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Expect heavy northbound traffic on US 31 for Electric Forest

June 16, 2025

ROTHBURY — Electric Forest, the massive music festival that draws tens of thousands of attendees from across the country and beyond, takes place this week at the Double JJ Resort. The event runs Thursday through Sunday, June 19-22. Expect heavy northbound traffic on US 31 in that area beginning Tuesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 18, with early arrival EF…

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Trio arrested on cocaine charges

June 16, 2025

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Three people were arrested by Ludington Police Department Sunday on drug-related charges. The arrest occurred at 1:22 a.m. following a search warrant execution in the 5000 block of West Barton Street. A 42-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for delivery of cocaine. Charged with possession of cocaine were two Ludington men, ages 39 and 64. The police…

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