News

Deputies busy with crashes

October 10, 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 Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024: 6:17 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Stiles Road south of Beyer Road, Victory Township. 6:51 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, Orchard Avenue west of Lakeshore Drive, Pere Marquette Township.…

Read more »

Photo Feature: “Heavenly Glory” by Todd Reed

October 9, 2024

VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Professional photographer Todd Reed created the image “Heavenly Glory” Monday evening, Oct. 7. “Victory Trinity Lutheran Church has long been one of my photographic muses,” Reed said. “My favorite country church came to mind while I was photographing the aurora borealis over Mount Epworth at Lincoln Lake. Rather than head home after finishing that image, I drove…

Read more »

Repeat shoplifter faces prison for string of thefts

October 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 48-year-old woman with a criminal history of shoplifting pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree retail fraud and two counts of third-offense habitual offender in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 8. Nicole Lynn Boles, 48, faces a prison term for her convictions. Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Beth Hand said she…

Read more »

Accused stabber appears in court

October 9, 2024

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Manistee man accused of stabbing a 21-year-old Mason County man at a house party last June appeared in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Oct. 8, for a pretrial hearing. Derrick Allen Henton is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and third-offense habitual offender.…

Read more »

Police news, published Oct. 9, 2024

October 9, 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 Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024: 3:06 a.m., a 24-year-old Scottville woman was arrested on two outstanding failure-to-appear warrants issued in Newaygo County, 100 block of South Jebavy Drive, Pere Marquette Township. The original charges…

Read more »

Eats & Drinks

Eats & Drinks

Eats & Drinks

Eats & Drinks