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By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Austin Edward White-Cole, 30, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and was sentenced to 93 days in jail (suspended sentence), may not buy/have/use alcohol or controlled substances, subject to random PBTs and drug tests, and $990…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Shawn Roy-Gert Sluyter, 50, pleaded guilty Dec. 17 to a felony of third-offense domestic violence and was sentenced Feb. 25 to seven months in jail with credit for 91 days served; two years probation; and $598 in fines and costs. – Brandee Barbara Palmer, 32,…
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John Moolenaar (R—Michigan) reintroduced “bipartisan legislation to address high costs Michigan farmers are required to pay due to Department of Labor regulations,” states a press release from his office. The bill, the Supporting Farm Operations Act, would freeze the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for H-2A migrant farm workers at the 2023 rate through the end…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025: 8:09 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Quarterline Road north of Gurney Road, Grant Township. 9:30 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road north of Johnson Road,…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief AMBER TOWNSHIP — Scottville Interim City Manager Clarence Goodlein attended the Amber Township Board of Trustees regular monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 24, and discussed ways the two neighboring municipalities may be able to collaborate. Goodlein suggested the city and the township could share a zoning administrator/code enforcement officer/building inspector and could also jointly contract for police…
