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Car chase ends with PIT maneuver

June 9, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 23-year-old Manistee man, who fled from police in a vehicle, was stopped when a Mason County sheriff’s deputy successfully executed a PIT maneuver, bringing the chase to an end, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Mason County deputies were called to a campsite in the Manistee National Forest Campground regarding a domestic assault with strangulation Sunday,…

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Vehicle crash in cemetery leads to OWI arrest of 74-year-old woman

June 9, 2025

LUDINGTON — A 74-year-old Grand Rapids woman was arrested by Ludington police for second-offense operating while intoxicated and driving while license suspended following a traffic accident in Lakeview Cemetery Friday, June 6, shortly before 4 p.m., according to Cpt. Michael Haveman of the Ludington Police Department. She was lodged in the Mason County Jail. ______________________ Please Support Local News Receive…

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Drivers suffer ‘non-life-threatening’ injuries in crash

June 6, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Two drivers — 21-year-old Branch woman and a 73-year-old Pompano Beach, Florida man — received “non-life-threatening” injuries following a two-vehicle crash at US 10 and Nelson Road Thursday, June 5, shortly before 5 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim…

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Two 16-year-old girls injured — one critically — in ORV rollover crash 

June 5, 2025

LOGAN TOWNSHIP — Two 16-year-old Ludington girls were injured — one of them critically — in an ORV rollover crash south of Barothy Road Wednesday, June 4, at 7:37 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “Aero Med was called to the scene, with the critically injured girl being flown to DeVos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids,” said Sheriff…

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Police news, published June 5, 2025

June 5, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is activity of the Ludington Police Department Wednesday, June 4, 2025: 3:09 p.m., a 72-year-old Ludington man was arrested for bond violation following a wellbeing check, 300 of Third Street, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.…

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