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By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — The jury trial for a 60-year-old Grand Rapids man accused of running over his wife with a car and killing her in 2023 is scheduled for May 19-23 in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Mark Lazon Casterman, who is currently lodged in the Mason County Jail on a $1 million cash/surety bond, is…
PENTWATER — The application process for the Pentwater Women’s Club annual scholarship contest is now open. The PWC Scholarship Fund began in 1967 and has awarded more than 200 scholarships to Pentwater High School graduating seniors. The group also provides an annual scholarship to support a returning adult female student to West Shore Community College. “This year, the club is…
Mason County is featured in John McGivern’s Main Streets which airs on every PBS television station in Wisconsin. The program features profiles on the SS Badger, House of Flavors Restaurant, Floracraft, Mason County Historical Society’s Historic White Pine Village, the Mason County Sculpture Trail, the Ludington Pump Storage Plant, area disc golf courses, the Ludington State Park and several other…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, April 14, 2025: 10:15 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 19-year-old Manistee man was arrested on an outstanding warrant and driving without a valid license, US 31 and Fountain Road, Victory Township. Tuesday, April…
A suspicious bag containing wires and a red flashing light found tucked behind items on a shelf at the Ludington area Lowe’s home improvement store Tuesday morning, April 15, was determined not to be an explosive device by the Michigan State Police Bomb Squad, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “At 10:36 a.m., on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, emergency crews…
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