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By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Men Who Care of Mason County recently donated $3,100 to the Childhood Cancer Campaign. The donation represents the contribution of $50 from 62 local men who are part of Men Who Care. The Childhood Cancer Campaign (CCC) is a local 501c3 nonprofit organization that serves families in Mason County and surrounding areas who have…

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Christopher Michael Marquez, 38, pleaded guilty Jan. 13 to malicious destruction of a building $1,000-$20,000 and larceny in a building and was sentenced Feb. 24 to to 221 days in jail with credit for 221 days served; two years probation; $1,350 in restitution; and $856 in…

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office: Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026: 6:18 a.m.: Single vehicle crash, no injuries, Free Soil Road west of Darr Road, Free Soil Township. 9:28 a.m.: Single vehicle rollover crash, no injuries, Jebavy Drive north…

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief AMBER TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has identified the driver who died in a four-vehicle crash Tuesday, Feb. 24, as Beth Clemmensen, 73, of Sherman Township. The crash occurred just before 9 a.m. on US 10 underneath the US 31 offramp. According to Mason County sheriff’s deputies who were on scene, the crash occurred when…