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Photo Feature: “Heavenly Glory” by Todd Reed

October 9, 2024

VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Professional photographer Todd Reed created the image “Heavenly Glory” Monday evening, Oct. 7. “Victory Trinity Lutheran Church has long been one of my photographic muses,” Reed said. “My favorite country church came to mind while I was photographing the aurora borealis over Mount Epworth at Lincoln Lake. Rather than head home after finishing that image, I drove…

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Repeat shoplifter faces prison for string of thefts

October 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 48-year-old woman with a criminal history of shoplifting pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree retail fraud and two counts of third-offense habitual offender in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 8. Nicole Lynn Boles, 48, faces a prison term for her convictions. Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Beth Hand said she…

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Accused stabber appears in court

October 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Manistee man accused of stabbing a 21-year-old Mason County man at a house party last June appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 8, for a pretrial hearing. Derrick Allen Henton is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and third-offense habitual offender.…

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Police news, published Oct. 9, 2024

October 9, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024: 3:06 a.m., a 24-year-old Scottville woman was arrested on two outstanding failure-to-appear warrants issued in Newaygo County, 100 block of South Jebavy Drive, Pere Marquette Township. The original charges…

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Wellston man involved in chase, crash has multiple outstanding arrest warrants

October 8, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief CUSTER TOWNSHIP — The suspect involved in Monday’s two-county chase that ended with a crash is a 37-year-old Wellston, Manistee County man. The chase began when Oceana County Sheriff’s Office deputies attempted to perform a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Equinox on Jefferson Road near 120th Avenue in Crystal Township, Oceana County. “The chase took place…

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