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Dog owner ticketed for dog bite

May 13, 2025

LUDINGTON — A 64-year-old Ludington man was cited Monday, May 12, shortly before 8 a.m. by Ludington police after his dog bit another person in the 300 block of North Ferry Street, said Ludington Police Chief Christopher Jones. “The subject’s dog had bitten a person who had passed on the sidewalk,” said Chief Jones. The man was also cited for…

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May 12, 2025

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Weekend police news, published May 12, 2025

May 12, 2025

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: Friday, May 9, 2025: 1 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Lakeshore Drive north of Jagger Road, Hamlin Township. 7:10 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of…

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Lake Jump raises over $33,000 for senior centers

May 9, 2025

Article submitted by Mason County senior centers LUDINGTON — Mason County’s four senior centers will share proceeds from Ludington Lake Jump 2025 which attracted more than $33,000 in donations and a large, enthusiastic crowd at Stearns Park on April 26. “The event exceeded our expectations, with a great crowd and total donations of $33,353,” said Free Soil Senior Center Director…

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Woman sent to prison for meth delivery/manufacturing

May 9, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old woman was sentenced to four to 30 years in prison for delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 6. Danielle Renae Perow pleaded “no contest” Feb. 25, 2025 to delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine. In a second criminal file, Perow pleaded “no contest” Dec. 17, 2024 to delivery/manufacture of…

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