#MasonCountyAgriculture GRANT TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Farm Bureau will hold its annual meeting Thursday Sept 15, 2016 at 6:30 P.M. at the Farm View Resort 6736 N US 31. The board of directors will provide beverage, table service, meat and dessert. Those attending are asked to bring a side dish or two to share. Area farmers will discuss…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews #Ludington By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The Mason County Prosecutor’s Office has chosen not to press charges against two men who recently allegedly made threats against two city officials. The threats were made July 16 on the website Ludington Torch. The two men, a 62-year-old Ludington man (referred to as suspect 1) and a 47-year-old Macomb…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A cash register was stolen during a breaking and entering of the H&R Block office, at 5718 W. US 10, Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 12:05 p.m., according to the Hart post of the Michigan State Police. No other information about the break-in was immediately available. Other police activity Tuesday includes: 6:22 a.m., (Mason County…
#MasonCountyDeaths On September 4, 2016, worlds were shattered, and dreams were crushed, but a soul was set free. Wesley Allen Bud Skinner, 25, of Scottville was tragically taken away from his family and friends in an auto accident. Wesley was born on June 22, 1991, son of Richard L. Skinner and Katrina E. (Young) Skinner. Growing up, Wesley formed many…
#WestShoreCommunityCollege VICTORY TOWNSHIP — In celebration of the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, West Shore Community College has organized a variety of activities on Wednesday, Sept. 14, to commemorate the vote taken on Sept. 17, 1787, by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to approve the adoption of the United States Constitution. The WSCC Student Senate is…
#MasonCountyBirths Recent births are brought to you by Shelby Gem Factory. See more information below. Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise. Penelope Chavella Brown, the daughter of Viola Saucedo and Logan Brown of Custer, was born September 1, 2016. Caiden Patrick Lopes, the son of Stacey and Steven Lopes of Crown Point, Indiana, was born on September…
#MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Four people were displaced after fire destroyed their home at 3261 S. Scottville Road. The fire occurred about 5 p.m. Riverton Township and Scottville fire departments were called to the scene with dispatch information stating flames were coming from the windows of the second floor. Riverton Township Fire Chief Joe…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 38-year-old Branch man was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 6, to 11 years and three months to 75 years in prison for four felony convictions involving the sexual assault of a girl under the age of 16. Charles Clayton Rose, Jr., of 479 S. Tyndall Rd., was convicted by…
#MasonCountyCourtNews #BabyKate By MCP’s Rob Alway and Allison Scarbrough. LUDINGTON — Prison inmate Sean Michael Phillips, 26, who is accused of murdering his daughter Katherine Phillips, also known as “Baby Kate,” appeared in 51st Circuit Court at the Mason County Courthouse Tuesday, Sept. 6, for a final conference hearing. After some discussion in chambers with Prosecutor Donna Pendergast of the…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountySheriff’sOffice The following is recent activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office: Friday, Sept. 2, 2016: 1:48 a.m., a 36-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for second-offense operating while intoxicated (OWI) following a traffic stop, US 10-31 and Dennis Road, Amber Township. 12:05 p.m., larceny of a wood splitter, 7900 block of E. Riverside Drive, Meade Township. 3:44 p.m., a…
#MasonCountyNews #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — The city commission is being asked to consider withholding payment to the contractor of the city’s water main replacement due to the contractor not completing certain work tasks on time. City Manager Amy Williams has asked the city commission to withhold four days of liquidated damages which equals $2,800. She said the contractor has missed project…
#MasonCountyCourtNews #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sean Michael Phillips is scheduled to appear in 51st Circuit Court at the Mason County Courthouse today at 1 p.m. for a final conference. Phillips is currently serving the fourth year of a 10 to 15 year prison sentence for the unlawful imprisonment of Katherine Phillips. Katherine, also known as “Baby Kate”…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEmergencyServices A search and rescue exercise will take place in the Manistee National Forest in Free Soil and Meade townships on Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 10. The exercise is being coordinated by Mason County Emergency Management and will include local, state and federal emergency response agencies. Each county is required to conduct at least one exercise annually,…
#ManisteeCountyNews #MasonCountyNews MARILLA TOWNSHIP (Manistee County) — A 25-year-old Scottville man died following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of 13-Mile and Marilla roads Sunday about noon. Wesley Skinner was a passenger in a minivan that was driven by a 24-year-old Scottville woman. The minivan was struck by a pickup truck, driven by a 20-year-old Hastings man. According to…
#ShakenNotStirred. Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061,promastercarpetcleaning.com. I know what you’re thinking. Sexual assault may be a topic in the future, especially considering a California law on the Governor’s desk awaiting signature. This bill would prohibit probation of anyone convicted of rape. Today’s feature though is about the confusion in a child’s…
#MasonCountyNews #PereMarquetteTownship PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A two-vehicle crash resulted in one of the vehicles striking a house Saturday morning. The crash occurred about 8 a.m. at the intersection of South Pere Marquette Highway and West Chauvez Road. According to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a GMC Terrain SUV, driven by a 30-year-old Wayland man, was eastbound on Chauvez and…
#MasonCountyNews #BassLakeBoatFire #SummitTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 20-foot boat caught fire while docked in Bass Lake Friday afternoon. The 44-year-old boat owner was on the boat when it suddenly was engulfed in flames, Mason County Sheriff Marine Deputy Mark Willis said. The man suffered from minor burns but refused medical treatment. Willis said the man told…
#MasonCountyNews #Ludington By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The destruction of the future Lakeshore Resource Network building at 920 E. Tinkham Ave. early this morning will likely not cause a delay in the projected opening of the facility, which is scheduled for February of 2017. Monica Schuyler, executive director of the Pennies from Heaven Foundation, which is one of the…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Baldwin man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday morning, Sept. 1, at Indian River Bridge on South Reed Road shortly after midnight for allegedly pushing another man into the Pere Marquette River; punching him; and attempting to hold his head underwater, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “The incident…
#MasonCountyNews #Ludington By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Fire destroyed the remains of the former Lakeshore Lumber building, 920 E. Tinkham Ave. early this morning. Ludington Fire Department and Ludington Police Department were dispatched to the building at 3:49 a.m. to find the building engulfed in flames. The Lakeshore Resource Network, a nonprofit organization, just held a ceremonial groundbreaking of the…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in 79th District Court: Felonies -Ramon Munoz, 32, 204 E. Foster St., Ludington, was arrested August 21 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) on felony charges of assault by strangulation and domestic violence. Preliminary hearing: September 7 at 11:15 a.m. Bail: $7,500/10 percent.…
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