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Trooper Butterfield memorial ceremony will be Sept. 9

September 3, 2025

FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP —The annual memorial ceremony honoring fallen Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 9 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Butterfield was killed on duty by a gunman on Sept. 9, 2013 while conducting a routine traffic stop on Custer Road north of Townline Road. A memorial now commemorates the site. Butterfield was 42-years-old…

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MCE to host back to school community event

September 3, 2025

CUSTER — Mason County Eastern Schools will host a back to school open house on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  The public is invited to the event to tour the schools, meet staff, participate in activities and an ice cream social. ___________________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with email news…

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Police news, published Sept. 2, 2025

September 2, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 – 7:35 a.m., Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO): Car/deer crash, no injuries, Free Soil Road east of Tuttle Road, Free Soil Township. – 1 p.m., MCSO: Two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US…

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Hart man arrested following vehicle chase

August 29, 2025

UPDATED HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 21-year-old Hart man was arrested by Mason County Sheriff’s Office deputies Thursday evening following a vehicle chase. Trayce Robert Tate was arraigned Friday afternoon on operating a vehicle while intoxicated, third offense, a felony, fleeing and eluding an officer, second offense, and malicious destruction of property (trees, shrubs, crops). He had initially been arrested for…

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Police news, published Aug. 29, 2025

August 29, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025 – 5:47 a.m., Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO): Car/deer crash, no injuries, US 10 east of Darr Road, Custer Township. Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025 – 3:18 p.m., MCSO: A 39-year-old Ludington…

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