MANISTEE — Scot Eric Latimer, 52, of Ludington, was arrested by the Manistee County Sheriff’s Office on several felony charges “following multiple complaints of construction projects where he accepted money or drew money from construction loans to perform construction work which was either never started or never completed,” said Manistee County Sheriff Brian Gutowski. According to Sheriff Gutowski, Latimer was…
BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Fins Beach Club, formerly Emerson Lake Inn, 7786 US-10, is expected to open on Tuesday, Sept. 3. The longstanding eastern Mason County establishment is under new ownership. In 2024, Dr. Andy Riemer purchased the restaurant located on the shores of Emerson Lake. In 2021, Riemer rebuilt Stix Bar in Hamlin Township. He then purchased and renovated Chuck…
Man arrested on multiple charges and warrants BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old Oxford, Mich. man was arrested by a Mason County sheriff’s deputy on multiple charges and warrants following a traffic stop on Maple Road north of US 10 Saturday, Aug. 23, around 1 a.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “It is alleged that once the driver was…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity over the weekend in Mason County: Friday, Aug. 22, 2025: 7:42 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Sugar Grove Road, Sherman Township. 1:06 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Sixth Street…
Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Pere Marquette Township Fire Department celebrated its 50th anniversary today, Aug. 23, with a public open house at its fire station on South Pere Marquette Highway. At the end of the event, members of the department posed for a photo. The department was formally created in April 1975. Read story…
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