PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — District Health Department #10 lifted the water contact advisory for Pere Marquette Lake Friday evening, April 11. “DHD #10 confirmed that follow-up bacterial samples from both sample sites at Pere Marquette Lake – Ludington, Mason County, no longer contain elevated levels of E. coli,” states a press release. The health department issued a no contact order…
Next week is National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor WEARE TOWNSHIP, Oceana County — Public safety telecommunicators are often the unsung heroes of emergency response, and next week — April 13-19 — is a time to honor them during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. “Let’s take a moment to honor the incredible individuals behind every 911…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 36-year-old man accused of robbing a woman at gunpoint is charged with 10 felony counts. Rojelio Cody Yates was arraigned, April 4, in Mason County’s 79th District Court on the following charges: two counts of armed robbery, four counts of second-offense felony firearms, second-degree home invasion, firearms larceny, carrying a concealed weapon,…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies – Jerry Preston Humphrey, 47; first-degree retail fraud; arrested Dec. 6 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned April 6; preliminary hearing: April 23; bail: $10,000 cash. – Blake Edward Somsel, 19; unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle; arrested March 19…
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: Thursday, April 10, 2025: 5:40 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 28-year-old Baldwin man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County failure to appear warrant, US 10 and Tyndall Road, Branch Township. 10:39 a.m.,…
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