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: Monday, Feb. 2, 2026: 7:46 a.m., (Michigan State Police), a 22-year-old Pentwater man was transported to Corewell Health Ludington Hospital for serious injuries sustained in a vehicle crash, 8000 block of US 31, Free…
MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Squires Chiropractic, Smith & Eddy Insurance, and VanderHaag Car Sales & Rentals. MONTAGUE — Mason County Central wrestlers had some big wins Friday during the West Michigan Conference tournament hosted by Montague High School. Sophomore Wyatt Herwig defeated Whitehall’s Isaac O’Boyle 4-2 to win…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — A school bus was severely damaged early Friday morning when it was involved in a crash with a pickup truck on US 10-31. The crash occurred about 5:40 a.m. in front of the West Shore Educational Service District’s Development Center, 2130 W. US 10-31. According to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a West Shore ESD bus was…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 26-year-old man faces a felony charge of reckless driving causing serious impairment after a female passenger fell out of the pickup truck he was driving in Scottville last fall. Garrett Allen Michels was charged with the crime, Jan. 28, 2026, and turned himself in to authorities, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 28-year-old man currently incarcerated in the Muskegon Correctional Facility for child sex crimes faces additional criminal charges in Mason County’s 79th District Court. Kenneth Herrick Spencer Kotarski is charged in Mason County with felonies of child sexually abusive commercial activity, using a computer to commit a crime (two counts) and accosting children…
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