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Drug dealer sentenced to 13.5 years minimum for 11 convictions

March 12, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old New Era man was sentenced to a minimum of 13 ½ years in prison for 11 felony convictions in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, March 11. Levi Alan Richard pleaded no contest Jan. 14 to two counts of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine; one count of conspiracy to deliver/manufacture methamphetamine; four counts…

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51st Circuit Court sentencings, published March 12, 2025

March 12, 2025

LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Nicole Anne Hendrick, 38, pleaded guilty Jan. 14 to a felony of methamphetamine possession and was sentenced March 11 to 20 months to 20 years in prison and $198 in fines and costs. – Jason Michael Perrone, 41, pleaded guilty Jan. 21 to a felony…

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Police news, published March 12, 2025

March 12, 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: Monday, March 10, 2025: 7:36 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Jebavy Drive and Angling Road, Hamlin Township. 7:37 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Jebavy Drive and Angling Road, Hamlin…

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News Alert: Grass fire in Riverton Township

March 12, 2025

RIVERTON TOWNSHIP (3:17 p.m.) — Riverton Fire Department has been dispatched to a grass fire in the 5200 block of South Hoganson Road.  

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Historical Society speaker series will discuss the naming of Scottville

March 11, 2025

LUDINGTON — The Mason County Historical Society’s Winter Speakers Series will conclude Thursday, March 13 with “In a Flip of Coin, How Scottville Got Its Name,” by Rob Alway. Alway, a member of the Society’s Board of Directors, will discuss the legend of how Scottville got its name and some of those responsible for the early development of the town.…

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