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Police news, published Nov. 15, 2024

November 15, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024: – 12:54 a.m., Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO): Car/deer crash, no injuries, US 10-31 east of Gordon Road, Amber Township. – 6 a.m., MCSO: Car/deer crash, no injuries, Pere Marquette Highway south…

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Crashes top police activity

November 14, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024: 3:38 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), one-vehicle hit-and-run crash, no injury, US 10 and Reek Road, Custer Township. A vehicle was found crashed into a ditch with no one around. 5:50…

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Body identified as missing Illinois boater

November 13, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PENTWATER TOWNSHIP, Oceana County — A man’s body that washed up on the Lake Michigan shore Friday, Nov. 8, has been identified as the remains of a missing Illinois boater, according to the Michigan State Police. “The Michigan State Police sends our deepest condolences to the family of a missing boater from Illinois who has been…

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Police news, published Nov. 13, 2024

November 13, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024: 6:50 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Millerton Road, Sherman Township. 10:34 a.m., (MCSO), a 49-year-old Scottville man and a 39-year-old Ludington woman were…

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Autopsy performed on man’s body found on Lake Michigan shore

November 12, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor PENTWATER TOWNSHIP — An autopsy has been performed on an unidentified man’s body that washed up on the Lake Michigan Shore Friday morning, Nov. 8, according to Michigan State Police Cadet Dante Williams of the Hart post. Police do not suspect foul play. Investigators are going through dental verification to identify the “John Doe” that…

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