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Driver who died following Sugar Grove crash identified

October 17, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has identified the driver who died in a single vehicle crash on Sugar Grove Road. Shari Nott, 59, died as a result of injuries sustained in a single vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Emergency personnel responded to the vehicle crash just after…

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Police news, published Oct. 17, 2024

October 17, 2024

The following is police activity in Mason County Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024: 6:49 p.m.,  (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 45-year-old Fountain woman was arrested for domestic violence following a 911 call reporting an assault, 6400 block of East Marshall Road, Branch Township. She was lodged in the Mason County Jail. 7:28 pm, (Ludington Police Department), a 32-year-old Ludington woman was…

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Police news, published Oct. 16, 2024

October 16, 2024

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, Oct. 15, 2024: 7:05 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway south of the Chauvez Road overpass, Pere Marquette Township. 8:07 a.m.., car/deer crash, no injury, Stiles Road south of Anthony…

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Free Soil man arrested after alleged meth-fueled 911 call claiming his family was murdered

October 14, 2024

FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP —  A 43-year-old Free Soil man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies Sunday, Oct. 13, at 4:30 a.m. in the 2700 block of East Hoague Road after he allegedly made a 911 call “reporting numerous persons in his residence who had killed his family,” said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.  “He further reported that a subject…

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Recently-delivered recliner stolen from driveway

October 14, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — The larceny theft of a recliner chair was reported in the 7600 block of East Navajo Trail Friday,  Oct. 11, shortly after 12:40 p.m.  “The complainant reported the theft of a recliner chair that had been delivered by Fed Ex…

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