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Pere Marquette Fire Department to celebrate 50 years with open house Saturday

August 19, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Pere Marquette Township Fire Department will celebrate its 50th anniversary during a public open house on Saturday, Aug. 23 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fire station, 1040 S. Pere Marquette Highway. The public will have an opportunity to meet the firefighters, tour the station, and see the department’s…

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Police news, published Aug. 19, 2025

August 19, 2025

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 Monday, Aug. 18, 2025: 2:21 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), one-vehicle crash, no injury, US 31 north of Townline Road, Free Soil Township. 6:38 a.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Amber Township. 7:02 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash,…

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Grace Funeral Home & Cremation Services, new name, same owners and quality service

August 18, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief AMBER TOWNSHIP — Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington is now Grace Funeral Home & Cremation Services. The funeral home, located at 3060 W. US 10-31, is under the same ownership, just a new name. “The change was part of a thoughtful rebranding to better reflect who we are and how we serve,” said owner Stephanie…

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79th District Court arraignments, published Aug. 18, 2025

August 18, 2025

By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Christopher John Henry Lamb, 33; carjacking and unlawful driving away a motor vehicle; arrested Aug. 7 by Ludington Police Department; arraigned Aug. 7; preliminary hearing: Sept. 3; bail: surety (amount not listed). -Lee Charles Horacek, 43; accosting a child for immoral…

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Ludington woman cited for 8th suspended license offense

August 18, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  LUDINGTON — A 51-year-old Ludington woman was cited for her eighth driving while license suspended offense following a traffic stop near Washington Avenue and Brother Street Friday, Aug. 15, shortly after 4:30 p.m., according Capt.Michael Haveman of the Ludington Police Department. “The female…

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