#MasonCountyEducation SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central Schools, in collaboration with the West Shore Educational Service District implement a Life Skills classroom in the middle school beginning this school year, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 6. The life skills classroom will also include additional space directly across the hallway where students will be able to utilize the additional space for personal belongings,…
#MasonCountyAgriculture #TheLand By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER TOWNSHIP — Over the past decade there has been a rapid growth of microbreweries and brewpubs across the United States. Michigan is ranked as the fifth largest state in terms of number of breweries. As that industry grows, so does the need for the crops that make the beer. One of the…
#SpecialOlympics #MasonCountySports Ryan Hobart and Tina Covarrubias were recently selected as the Area 24 Special Olympics male and female inspirational athletes of the year. Both have participated in Special Olympics for more than 12 years each in sports such as basketball, aquatics, bocce ball and poly hockey. Pictured left to right: Gary Boerema, assistant director, Area 24, Ryan, Jerry Shangle,…
#MasonCountyAgrictulure RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Dr. Walter Pett, Michigan State University’s apiculture and pollination extension specialist, will be speaking at The Pentwater Patch, 6870 S. Brye Road on Friday, Sept. 9. Pett will introduce farmers to the managed pollinator protection plan during the Mason-Lake Conservation District’s free fall 2016 Farm Tour, which begins at 5 p.m. The farm tour will begin…
#MasonCountyNews #GrantTownship #MissingPerson GRANT TOWNSHIP — Multiple police and fire/rescue agencies spent three hours searching for a missing camper Sunday afternoon. The 27-year-old Dearborn man was reported lost nearly 22 hours after he became separated from his friends in the Manistee National Forest The friends reported the man missing when one of the friends approached a Mason County sheriff deputy…
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