#MasonCountyDeaths Margaret Adeline Mockus, 93, of Ludington, passed away July 12, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
#MasonCountyDeaths Margaret Adeline Mockus, 93, of Ludington, passed away July 12, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews LUDINGTON — Ludington Police Department investigated a criminal sexual conduct complaint Wednesday, July 13, and also responded to malicious destruction of property calls. Other police activity Wednesday, July 13, 2016 includes: 2:40 a.m. (LPD), A 30-year-old Ludington man was arrested for public urination at West Loomis and South Robert streets. 11:22 a.m., (LPD), criminal sexual conduct (CSC), 100…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPeople #GreatLakesEnergy The Mason County Search and Rescue Team, West Shore Pregnancy Care Center, and Hamlin Township have been awarded grants from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. The Search and Rescue team was awarded $842.15 for 15 safety vests for team volunteers, Hamlin Township was awarded $2,500 for parking lot improvements for a new Hamlin Lake access site at…
Betty Joan Hargreaves, 82, of Victory Township, former longtime resident of Manistee, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 with her husband Charles by her side. Betty was born on December 24, 1933 in Custer, the daughter of Herman and Dollie (Goff) Peterson and graduated from Custer High School. On November 12, 1976 she married Charles…
This is the fourth feature in our series, The Land, about local agriculture. We are pleased to announce that this series is brought to you by Ludington Beverage, distributors of America beer and part of the western Michigan business community for four generation. #MasonCountyPeople #TheLand #LudingtonBeverage #RivertonTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Tom and Janice VanNortwick have been…
#MasonCountyPeople #MasonCountyBusiness #RetirementPlanning #AmeripriseFinancial LUDINGTON — How prepared are you for retirement? Mike Heckman, a certified financial planner with Ameriprise Financial, along with Aaron Thiel, insurance specialist will host a seminar Thursday, July 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Harbor View Marina, 400 S. Rath Ave. to discuss retirement planning. The seminar will feature Kim Daley, regional vice president of Riversource…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 56-year-old Ludington man was arrested for third-offense operating while intoxicated Tuesday, July 12, at 1:43 a.m. following a 911 call reporting a nude man wandering around the parking area of the Ludington Rest Area on US 31. “As a Mason County Sheriff’s deputy approached the vehicle in question, the suspect drove away but was…
#MasonCountyElection2016 SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Press and the Scottville Optimist Club will host a candidates forum today at the Scottville Clown Band Shell at 6 p.m. Candidates running for election in state and local contests have been invited to attend; local candidates being invited are those who are running in contests that may impact voters in the eastern portion of the…
#MasonCountyDeaths Mildred Jean (Midge) Masten, 89, of Carr Settlement passed away peacefully on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Autumn Winds AFC home in Amber Township after a battle with congestive heart failure. Midge was born on January 21, 1927 in Fountain to William and Gertrude (Crydeman) Goff. She graduated from Scottville High School in 1945 and started her life long work…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. Frances Simon, 76, of Ludington, died on July 12, 2016 at Tendercare of Ludington. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. John Louis Rogus, 77, of Wyoming, Mich. and formerly of Ludington, passed away July 11, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation…
#MasonCountyNews #HabitatForHumanity #LoveLudington#PenniesFromHeaven By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The Mason County Neighbor to Neighbor project kicked off Tuesday with the clean up of two houses located west of downtown Ludington. Habitat for Humanity of Mason County along with Pennies from Heaven Foundation began exterior work on the two apartment houses in an effort to clean up blight in the…
#MasonCountyNews #VictoryTownship VICTORY TOWNSHIP — A 57-year-old Scottville woman received minor injuries after the vehicle she was driving was struck by another car at the intersection of East Dewey and North Amber roads. The woman was driving a Chevrolet Equinox east on Dewey Road when a southbound Mercury Grand Marquis, driven by a 17-year-old Branch Township man, apparently failed to stop…
#MasonCountyNews #Scottville #DaBears SCOTTVILLE — Aaron Sayers had heard his neighbors in the 500 block of North Thomas Street talking about a bear in the neighborhood but hadn’t seen it until Tuesday morning. “I was opening up my curtains and saw it, about 3 feet away, and I jumped, said an expletive and tried to get my phone out as…
#MasonCountyNews #DowntownLudington LUDINGTON — A proposal to redevelop properties on the west side of downtown Ludington has been approved for funding through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, (MSHDA). LC Consultants of Ann Arbor has proposed building two four story buildings on the parcel that consists of West Ludington Avenue, West Loomis Street, South Rath Street and South Robert Street.…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 25-year-old Custer man was arrested by Mason County Sheriff’s deputies Monday, July 11, at 12:10 p.m. on an outstanding warrant for second-degree home invasion and larceny in the 1400 block of E. US 10. Other Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Monday includes: 8 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Inman and Chauvez, Pere Marquette Township.…
#MasonCountyNews #CommunityFoundationForMasonCounty #Scottville #GatewayToSuccessAcademy SCOTTVILLE — Gateway to Success Academy (G2S) has recently been awarded two $10,000 grants from the Community Foundation for Mason County. The charter school, located at 526 N. Scottville Road, is scheduled to open in the fall. It will receive the first $10,000 grant in the fall and the second grant in the spring of 2017.…
#MasonCountyNews #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — The following were the winners in the 2016 Scottville Summerfest rubber duck race, held Saturday, July 9 at Riverside Park: 1st place Ticket # 527 – Marty Peterson 2nd place Ticket #664 – Steve Pamer 3rd place Ticket #165 – Heidi Dalm 4th place Tickets #386 – Steve Lund 5th place Ticket #918 – Theresa…
#MasonCountyNews #Scottville SCOTTVILLE –Scottville and Custer fire departments were called to 213 W. Beryl St. shortly after 1 p.m. Monday for a report of smoke coming from the eaves. Upon arrival firefighters determined that it was likely the 911 caller, a neighbor, had seen steam coming off the roof, moisture evaporating once the sun came out after the morning rainfall. …
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 22-year-old Free Soil man was arrested by Michigan State Police troopers from the Hart post for possession of crack cocaine and possession of marijuana Saturday, July 9, at 2:50 a.m. on Pere Marquette Highway near Kinney road. Other police activity over the weekend includes: Friday, July 8, 2016: 6 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s…
#MasonCountyNews #BranchTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Three people were uninjured after the vehicle they were in crashed over an embankment on US 10 east of Schoenherr Road Sunday afternoon. According to Mason County Sheriff Dep. Ken Baum, the Chevrolet pickup, driven by a 47-year-old Montague woman, was traveling west on US 10 when the driver apparently fell…
#ShakenNotStirred #MasonCountyPress Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. “Jim, you’re going to kill yourself!” “Yeah, maybe, but I’ll die knowing that I have a Cadillac that gets 99 miles per gallon” The above conversation actually took place, maybe 20 years ago, after I had related an incident to my small children’s mother. I had just purchased one of…
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