#MasonCountyNews #DowntownScottville SCOTTVILLE — Cole’s Antiques Villa, located at 120 N. Main Street, was the recent recipient of a mini grant of $2,500 from the Scottville Downtown Development Authority. The purpose of the grant is to encourage downtown businesses to make improvements to their business, which will help them grow and also help the town grow. The money was used…
#MasonCountyNews #YoungEagles PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Pilots Association will offer its Young Eagles program on Saturday, July 9 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mason County Airport, located at 5300 W. US 10. Free airplane rides are being offered to children ages 8 to 17. Local pilots are volunteering their time and planes for the…
#DowntownScottville #MasonCountyBusiness #MasonCountyNews #Smith&EddyInsurance SCOTTVILLE – Smith & Eddy Insurance was recently named one of Fremont Insurance Company’s Five Star Agency award winners. “Congratulations to the entire Smith & Eddy Insurance team on achieving this recognition, we appreciate and value their partnership and we are proud to have them as part of the Fremont Insurance network of agencies,” said Fremont Insurance Company COO…
#MasonCountyNews SCOTTVILLE — The Mason-Lake Conservation District is offering well screening day on Tuesday, July 12 at the district’s office, located in the US Department of Agriculture Service Center, 655 N. Scottville Road. The conservation district, as part of the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance (MAEAP) is offering the free nitrate testing service from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. that day.…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — Mason County clerk candidate Mary Alway will be the guest speaker for this month’s Ludington Area Tea Party meeting, scheduled for Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Gospel Light Baptist Church, 105 N. Dennis Road. Alway is running as a Republican for the position. Her opponent is Cheryl Kelly, who is the current clerk, who was appointed…
#OceanaCountyNews #US31Crash By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. A 25-year-old Ludington semi-truck driver rear-ended two vehicles, one of which was transporting a family of five from Port Huron, on US 31 near Stony Lake Road Tuesday afternoon, July 5, in heavy southbound traffic, according to an Oceana County Sheriff’s Office accident report. Jonathon William Ashley was driving a 2016 Freightliner owned by…
#MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — Jeremy Richard Sobers, 39, 3757 N. Reek Rd., Sherman Township, was arrested July 3 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) on felony charges of assault by strangulation, domestic violence and two counts of resisting/opposing/obstructing police. Sobers was arrested after allegedly knocking a Mason County sheriiff’s deputy to the ground and repeatedly punching the deputy in the…
#MasonCountyNews #HamlinTownship HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Scottville woman was injured in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on Jebavy Drive. According to Dep. Ken Baum of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a Chevrolet Impala, driven by the 19-year-old woman, was north on Jebavy Drive and rear-ended a Chevrolet Camaro, driven by a 63-year-old Ludington man. Dep. Baum said the driver…
District Health Department No. 10 is urging the public to be aware of the transmission of rabies through bats. Bats are among the most common animals in Michigan to transmit rabies, a rare disease that is fatal if untreated, so while fear isn’t warranted, caution is. The following advice comes from the health department: If you are bitten by a…
Elizabeth “Betty” Cisco, 91, of Scottville, peacefully passed away on Sunday, June 26, 2016 at Tendercare of Ludington. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral & Cremation, Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
#LetFreedomRing #TheDeclarationOfIndpendence IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of…
Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. A few years ago I replaced my beloved supercharged Buick with a brand I’d never had before. It was not an intellectual decision, rather one based on emotion. It has a ‘Hemi’ V8 engine with rumbling twin exhausts, massive chrome wheels and a design reminiscent of…well, I’m not sure what. ”Male Compensation”,…
#MasonCountyPeople #LifeInCircles Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. I have to admit, I have been guilty of taking my blessings for granted lately. The daily toll of the mom taxi, combined with a traveling husband, a 130-year-old house, two part-time jobs, and the internal pressure to make it all happen effortlessly has gotten…
VICTORY TOWNSHIP — West Shore Community College will be hosting College for Kids 2016, August 1 – 5. The five-day College for Kids is a hands-on opportunity to explore higher education through arts, sciences, communications and recreation in a day-camp atmosphere on the college campus and features 20 plus action-packed learning adventures designed for motivated learners grades 4 – 8. “Through…
#MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer LUDINGTON – The following were arraigned recently in 79th District Court: Felonies – John Joseph Stec, 51, 7032 Dowagiac Rd., Free Soil Township, was arrested June 26 by Michigan State Police (MSP) on a felony charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated third offense (OWI) and open intoxicants. Preliminary hearing: July 13…
#MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 51st Circuit Court: – Arturo Ruiz Lopez, 59, 605 S. Washington Ave., Ludington, was sentenced June 21 to serve seven to 15 in years in prison for third-degree criminal sexual conduct – person age 13-15 – and second-degree criminal sexual conduct – person under age…
#MasonCountyNews #CourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON – The following were sentenced in 79th District Court: – Jeremy Allen Foreman, 22, 5891 S. Broadway St., Baldwin, pleaded guilty on June 21 to operating while impaired by liquor (OWI) and was sentenced to 45 days in jail with credit for 15 days already served; 93 days discretionary jail for two…
#MasonCountyNews #PereMarquetteTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — One person was injured following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of US 10 and Jebavy Drive Friday afternoon. The crash occurred about 12:10 p.m. when a Subaru, driven by a 62-year-old Ludington, was traveling east on US 10 and failed to stop for the traffic light, according to Sgt.…
#MasonCountyNews #PoliceNews BRANCH TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in of a pole barn in the 1600 block of South Walhalla Road that was reported Thursday, June 30, at 8:05 p.m. Other police activity Thursday includes: – 2:24 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10 and Meyers, Amber Township. – 6:33 p.m., (MCSO), retail fraud,…
Michael “Mike” Allen Chimel, 32 of Scottville, passed away on Monday, June 27, 2016. Mike was born on December 20, 1983 in Scottville, son of Pamela (Schramm) Chimel and the late Rick Chimel. Chris attended Mason County Central High School and graduated with the class of 2002. Mike worked at Amstar, painting bridges and Indian Summer of Ludington for…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourts By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old Branch Township man was found guilty by a jury Wednesday on four criminal sexual conduct-related counts. The victim was a 15-year-old girl. Charles Clayton Rose, 479 S. Tyndall Rd., was arrested Nov. 1, 2015 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office and charged initially with first degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) and…
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