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Deputies continue safety initiative targeting speeders, distracted drivers

August 26, 2024

MASON COUNTY — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office made 49 traffic stops, resulting in five arrests and three tickets during a traffic safety initiative on US 10 and US 31 Friday afternoon and evening, Aug. 26, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. It was the second initiative after the sheriff’s office conducted a similar one the previous Friday, Aug.…

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Illinois man arrested for reckless firearm discharge using M4 rifle

August 21, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A 54 year-old Waukegan, Illinois man was arrested on charges of felon in possession of a firearm and reckless discharge of a firearm Tuesday, Aug. 20, shortly after 2:30 p.m. after Mason County sheriff’s deputies and Michigan State Police troopers…

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Oceana County man seriously injured in PM Hwy crash

August 20, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Crystal Township, Oceana County man was seriously injured after the vehicle he was driving collided with a semi truck and trailer Tuesday morning. Emergency personnel were called to the intersection of Pere Marquette Highway and the northbound US 31 offramp at 7:21 a.m. According to Mason County Sheriff’s Sgt. Matt…

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Police news, posted Aug. 20, 2024

August 20, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Monday, Aug. 19, 2024: 1:33 a.m., ​a 47-year-old Ludington woman was arrested on an outstanding Mason County felony warrant for delivery of methamphetamine, Nelson and Johnson roads, Pere Marquette Township. 4:19 a.m., alarm…

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Man, 72, ejected and crushed in ORV rollover crash

August 19, 2024

LOGAN TOWNSHIP — A 72-year-old Nunica man was seriously injured in an ORV rollover crash on South Binger Road Saturday, Aug. 17, around 1:30 p.m., according to Michigan State Police Cadet Dante Richards of the Hart post. The man, who was a passenger on a Polaris Ranger, was ejected from the side-by-side and crushed by it, said Cadet Richards. The…

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