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Emergency crews respond to flipped over canoe in Pere Marquette River

September 9, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews responded to a reported overturned canoe and two men in the Pere Marquette River near Taylor Road Monday, Sept. 8, at 9:45 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. A 72-year-old Waterford man and an 85-year-old man from…

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Five people injured in two-vehicle crash

September 8, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Five people, four of whom were traveling in the same vehicle, received “non-life-threatening injuries” following a two-vehicle crash on US 10 east of Nelson Road Sunday, Sept. 7, around 5:45 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. All of…

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Plane crashes in Manistee County

September 8, 2025

The single-engine aircraft was headed to Silver Lake in Oceana County SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP, Manistee County — A plane that crashed in Manistee County was headed to Silver Lake in Oceana County Sunday morning, Sept. 7, according to Manistee County Sheriff Brian Gutowski. The single-engine plane that landed nose first in some trees was carrying one passenger and a pilot. The…

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13-year-old boy charged with second-offense MIP

September 8, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  LUDINGTON — A 13-year-old Ludington boy was charged with second-offense minor in possession of alcohol “following a suspicious situation call” in the 200 block of East Ludington Avenue Saturday, Sept. 6, at 4:20 p.m., according to Capt. Michael Haveman of the Ludington Police…

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Deputies arrest domestic violence suspect found hiding in residence

September 8, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  LUDINGTON — A 51-year-old Ludington man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies after he was found hiding inside a residence in the 700 block of North Lavinia Street Sunday, Sept. 7, around 3 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The domestic…

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