#MasonCountyAgriculture RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — After more than 60 years spent helping farmers implement conservation practices, Murray Stall has earned his reputation as one of Michigan agriculture’s foremost leaders in environmental stewardship. He’s also now earned Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) 2016 Ecology Champion Award, given annually to individuals demonstrating outstanding achievements in helping protect natural resources by addressing potential environmental…
#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. Arya Rey Baldon, the daughter of Lynsey and David Baldon of Ludington, was born September 19, 2016. Weston Thomas Wittlieff, the son of Julieann Pike and Shane Wittlieff of Scottville, was born September 20, 2016. Arie Charles…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews The following is police activity Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016: 1:28 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 39-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for probation violation following a 911 call reporting a disturbance, Limouze Street, Pere Marquette Township. 6:56 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injuries, US 10 and Schoenherr Road, Custer Township. 11:07 a.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, Anderson…
LUDINGTON — Radiant Church, 409 S. Washington Ave. in Ludington, is trying a little different slant on church. For three weekends, the church will present “At the Movies.” Services will feature free popcorn, pop, and snacks, along with segments of modern movies and how those movies contain scriptural messages. Pastor Jerry Theis says the services are directed towards those…
#OceanaCountyNews #Pentwater By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. PENTWATER — The 10-year-old Lansing girl who drowned in Lake Michigan Monday afternoon, Sept. 19, was paddle boarding with her 9-year-old sister, and the two girls were unsupervised, according to Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Craig Mast. Hannah Harris drowned after falling off a paddle board approximately a half mile north of Charles Mears…
#LudingtonAreaSchools HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The Oriole Foundation, the fundraising organization of Ludington Area School District, will hold Dancing with the Local Stars event on Saturday, Oct. 22 from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Lincoln Hills Golf Club, 1527 N. Lakeshore Dr. The event will feature local “stars” who will take the dance floor and raise money for the foundation, which…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Two Ludington women, ages 35 and 26, were arrested by deputies from the Mason County sheriff’s Office Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 8:50 p.m. after they were reportedly found in possession of 20 articles of stolen merchandise at Dollar General on West US 10. “The call originated after a store employee witnessed the incident and…
#MasonCountyDeaths Joan Marie Allison, 77, of Ludington, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday September 19, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. She was born to Harcourt E. and Arlene M. (Tonn) Quick in Scottville at the home of her grandparents, Albert and Ida Tonn, on their wedding anniversary, January 13, 1939. Joan first began working at…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. Allen E. Kester Jr., 84, of Branch passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
#MasonCountyPeople By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sometimes doing the right thing means risking your own personal safety. That’s a choice that Amber Township resident Jared Shillinger made on June 25 when he was driving on North Stiles Road and came across a Mason County sheriff deputy dealing with an unruly subject. Deputy Matt Moss was just over a…
#MasonCountyNews #LudingtonHospital. LUDINGTON — Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital has named Randall L. Kelley as its new president. He will officially assume his new role on September 26. His first day onsite at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital will be Wednesday, September 28. Kelley has served as president or CEO at several hospitals during his career and most recently was working at Daudlin…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 26-year-old Ludington man was arrested in the Walmart parking lot, 4854 W. US 10, on five outstanding Newaygo County warrants after Mason County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a “suspicious person call” Monday, Sept. 19, at 8:45 p.m. The suspect was arrested on warrants for driving a vehicle while license suspended (DWLS); failure…
#OceanaCountyNews #Pentwater PENTWATER — Hannah Harris, a 10-year-old Lansing girl, drowned after falling off a paddle board in Lake Michigan near Charles Mears State Park Monday, Sept. 19. The drowning was a “terrible tragedy,” said Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office. Hannah was not wearing a life vest. “At 3:47 p.m., the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office, along with…
#ScottvilleHarvestFestival SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Harvest Festival committee will hold a wrap-up meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 12 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Mason County District Library Scottville branch. Committee member Amy Williams said the purpose of the meeting will be to review this year’s festival and discuss options for the future. “We need to look forward at whatever…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. Joan Marie Allison, 77, of Ludington, passed away on Monday September 19, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. Stanley Thomas Kazlauskas, 89, of Scottville passed away on Saturday September 17, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility…
#MasonCountyPeople LUDINGTON — Michigan, including the Ludington area, will be featured as the cover article in the October issue of Outdoor Photographer magazine, one of the leading photography magazines in America. Photographing Michigan in autumn is the subject of a story and photographs by Ludington photographers Todd and Brad Reed in Outdoor Photographer. One of the photographs was taken of…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — A 45-year-old Branch woman was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Saturday, Sept. 17, at 7:17 p.m. for operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) with a high blood alcohol content (BAC) or “super drunk driving” following a traffic stop at Taylor and Yonker roads. The following is other recent police activity: Thursday, Sept.…
#MasonCountyPeople #WalkToEndAlzheimers LUDINGTON — The Walk to End Alzheimer’s was held Saturday at Waterfront Park. The event raised $37,636, only $364 short of the group’s $38,000 goal. “That has never happened before,” said Karen Haldeman, one of the event’s organizers. “Normally, we are off by a much greater amount.” The Lakeshore Parrot Heads was the top organization team raising $11,000.…
#ShakenNotStirred. Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. He died August 20, just four weeks ago. He was killed by the United States government and the corporations it defends; Monsanto, Dow, and seven other chemical companies. We met over a half century ago. We weren’t friends then because we weren’t in…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. Robert Wayne Nelson, Jr., 54, of Ludington passed away on Tuesday September 13, 2016 at home. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. Richard A. Ferenz, 79, of Branch passed away on Wednesday September 7, 2016 at home. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation…
#MasonCountyAgriculture AMBER TOWNSHIP — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s (MDARD) Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) recently recognized Alway’s Shady Lane Farm, Inc. and Alway’s Farm of Amber Township as a verified farm in the cropping system for implementing appropriate pollution prevention practices. The program assists farmers to comply with state and federal environmental regulations and with…
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