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Police news, published Jan. 31, 2025

January 31, 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: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025: 10:40 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway north of Lattin Road, Summit Township. 4:52 p.m., (MCSO), a 48-year-old Manistee man was arrested for methamphetamine…

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Harness association honors Western Michigan Fair

January 30, 2025

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Western Michigan Fair Association was recently honored by the Michigan Harness Horse Association with its 2024 MHHA Fair Track Appreciation Award. In 2024, harness racing during the Western Michigan Fair had to be cancelled due to rain, which resulted in poor track conditions. The fair association then rescheduled the races for late September. During the…

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Police news, published Jan. 30, 2025

January 30, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025: 5:39 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway north of Oceana Drive, Summit Township. 10:58 a.m., a 39-year-old Idlewild man was arrested on a felony larceny warrant issued in Lake…

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Community Foundation launches $5 million campaign

January 29, 2025

LUDINGTON — The Community Foundation for Mason County has launched The Campaign for Mason County: Building a Stronger Community Together, a $5 million fundraising effort that aspires to meet Mason County’s urgent needs and opportunities by tripling the Community Foundation’s grant making capacity. Hamlin Township residents Lee and Joan Schoenherr have pledged $1 million towards the campaign. The Community Foundation…

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Man rejects plea offer in fentanyl death case 

January 29, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Oceana County man facing multiple charges in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, including delivery of a controlled substance causing death, rejected a plea offer Tuesday, Jan. 28, of serving a minimum of just over 19 years in prison. Travis Michael Gale, who is lodged in the Mason County Jail on a…

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