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Men Who Care donates to Hospitality INC

September 11, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Men Who Care of Mason County recently donated $2,900 to Hospitality In the Name of Christ (INC), which operates a seasonal emergency men’s homeless shelter. According to Jason Robbins, executive director of shelter, said all the proceeds will be used for laundry facilities. Robbins said the organization spent $3,650 on laundry services in 2024…

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17-year-old boy, 46-year-old woman arrested after ‘active domestic’ incident

September 10, 2025

LUDINGTON — A 17-year-old boy and a 46-year-old woman were arrested by Ludington police officers following an “active domestic” situation in the 400 block of East Ludington Avenue Tuesday, Sept. 9, around 4 p.m., said Ludington Police Chief Chris Jones. “Upon arrival, officers spoke with a 17-year-old male from Ludington and a 46-year-old female from Ludington, who had been engaged…

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Warrant arrests top police activity

September 10, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025: 1:09 a.m., a 49-year-old Walkerville woman was arrested on two failure to appear warrants issued in Mason and Oceana counties, US 10 and Gordon Road, Amber Township. She was…

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Remembering Trooper Butterfield

September 9, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — On Sept. 9, 2013, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, 43, was killed after he was shot by a teenaged driver on a routine traffic stop on Custer Road. Every year on that date, a ceremony is held at the location where the murder took place. The event is organized by Fountain…

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Emergency crews respond to flipped over canoe in Pere Marquette River

September 9, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews responded to a reported overturned canoe and two men in the Pere Marquette River near Taylor Road Monday, Sept. 8, at 9:45 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. A 72-year-old Waterford man and an 85-year-old man from…

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