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Two 78-year-old women injured in crash EDEN TOWNSHIP — A 78-year-old Chase, Michigan woman and her passenger, who is a 78-year-old Idlewild woman, were both injured after their vehicle failed to stop at the Hawley Road stop sign at Custer Road and was struck in the driver’s side door by a southbound vehicle on Custer Road Friday, June 23, shortly…

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Traffic crashes keep deputies busy  The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Thursday, June 22, 2023: 12:28 a.m., one-vehicle hit and run crash, no injury, Hawley east of Custer, Eden Township. 3:10 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 and Jebavy Drive, Pere Marquette Township. 7:26 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 and Brye Road, Amber Township. Please…

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Warrant arrest tops police activity  The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Wednesday, June 21, 2023: 12:56 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 30-year-old Hart man was arrested on two outstanding Mason County warrants, Oceana Drive and Pere Marquette Highway, Summit Township. One warrant is for failure to appear on a retail fraud charge, and the second warrant…

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California man arrested for ‘price tag switching’ at Walmart PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 28-year-old Calexico, California man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday, June 20, around 7:30 p.m. at the Walmart on US 10 “following an investigation by Walmart Loss Prevention that involved three different occasions of price tag switching in the past week,” said Mason County…

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Three injured in two-vehicle crash HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 69-year-old Muskegon man was transported by Life EMS to Corewell Health Ludington Hospital for injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash on Lakeshore Drive and Jagger Road Monday, June 19, shortly after 6:30 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The man pulled off Jagger Road and into the path of…

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