Trooper Butterfield memorial service scheduled for Saturday FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Ten years ago, on Sept. 9, 2013, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield was murdered on Custer Road north of Townline Road by a 19-year-old Irons male during a routine traffic stop. Butterfield, 42, lived in Grant Township and was assigned to the MSP Hart post. The annual memorial…
Free Soil Gun & Knife Show scheduled for Sept. 17 FREE SOIL — The annual Free Soil Gun & Knife Show will take place on Sunday, Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Free Soil Community Center, 8480 N. Democrat St. The event raises funds for the Free Soil Community Schools Alumni Association. Admission is $5 per person,…
Gun buyback is Sept. 16 LUDINGTON — The Starfish Buyback Program is sponsoring another gun buyback event on Saturday, Sept. 16 , 2023 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Ludington Police Department, 408 S. Harrison St. The buyback program was initiated in the spring of 2022. Three AR-style weapons were retrieved as a result of the buyback event in…
Woman accused of murder, arson, animal killing appears in court By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — A 42-year-old Chippewa County woman accused of murder, arson and animal killing appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 5, for a “final trial conference.” Hope Lynn Snyder is accused of killing Jeffrey Grant, 57, along with his two dogs, and burning…
Drug dealer with 31 priors sent back to prison By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — A 42-year-old man convicted of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 140 months (11.7 years) to 50 years and 40 months (3.3 years) to 15 years in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 5. Anthony…
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