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, March 30, 2026: 1:32 p.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway north of Olmstead Road, Summit Township. 4:27 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 west of…
LUDINGTON — A new indepndently-produed documentary chronicling the history of the SS Badger and the Great Lakes railroad carferry era will premiere in Ludington and Manitowoc this spring. “Railroad on Water: The Legend of the SS Badger,” produced by Delay In Block Productions, will debut with special screenings Saturday, May 16, at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts, 107…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — Former Mason County Central varsity softball coach Jonathan Isaac Blake, 55, has been charged in Mason County’s 79th District Court with three high-court misdemeanors of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct — force or coercion — and one misdemeanor count of assault and battery. Blake was charged with the crimes following an investigation by the…
LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies Dwayne Gene Gardner, Jr., 22, third-degree child abuse. Offense date: March 1, 2026. Agency: Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). Bail: $5,000/surety. Preliminary exam: April 8 at 1:30 p.m. Daniel Lee Mitts, 49, delivery/manufacture of marijuana with intent and possession of analogues. Offense date: March 19, 2026.…
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