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Police news, posted Aug. 11, 2023 The following is police activity in Mason County Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023: 11:55 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), two-vehicle hit-and-run crash, no injury, US 10 west of Meyers Road, Pere Marquette Township. 1:37 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 10 near the US 31 Freeway, Amber Township. 2:40 p.m., (MCSO), fraud, 5500 block…
Men involved in sex trafficking sting arraigned, names released By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The three men arrested following a child sex trafficking sting have been arraigned. Arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court were Steven Volpp, 58, of Hart; Kenneth Smith, 53, of Ormond Beach, Fla., who had been camping in Oceana County, and Gabriel Talevich, 20, of…
Jeannetta Roberts receives DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses LUDINGTON — Registered nurse Jeannetta Roberts, was named the latest recipient of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses at Corewell Health’s Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Roberts is a charge nurse in the ICU (intensive care unit) and has worked at the Ludington hospital since 1998. She was nominated by a patient’s daughter.…
3 arrested in child sex trafficking sting By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Three men were arrested Wednesday evening and face charges related to attempting to solicit children using a computer. In a press conference this morning at the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole, Ludington Police Chief Chris Jones, Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Lauren Kreinbrink and…
Four defendants in drug cases sentenced to prison in 51st Circuit Court By Allison Scarbrough, Editor LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Shawn Michael Babcock, 45, received a guilty verdict in a bench trial June 16, 2023 for methamphetamine possession and assaulting/resisting/obstructing police and was sentenced Aug. 8, 2023 to four to…
