Recent deaths, service announcements, posted Sept. 9, 2022. Please consider helping to fund local news. Mason County Press and Oceana County Press are available for free thanks to the generous support of our advertisers and individuals. Three ways to help us: Venmo: @MasonCountyPress; Paypal: MasonCountyPress@gmail.com; Mail a check to PO BOX 21, Scottville, MI 49454. The following recent death information…
Chamber dinner to honor businesses and volunteers. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual award dinner and ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 22 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club. Awards for Community Service, Mason County Business of the Year, Mason County Small Business of the Year and the chamber’s Future Five will be presented. …
Trooper Butterfield memorial service is Friday. FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — On Sept. 9, 2013, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield was murdered on Custer Road north of Townline Road by a 19-year-old Irons male during a routine traffic stop. Butterfield, 42, lived in Grant Township and was assigned to the MSP Hart post. The annual memorial service honoring Butterfield will…
Local projects receive grants from The Right Place. GRAND RAPIDS — The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has announced that The Right Place, Inc. will receive $3.6 million in funding from the Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) Program to help spur the development of nine placemaking projects totaling over $10 million across the region. The funds were approved in Lansing at…
Ludington woman sent to prison on drug charges. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Ludington woman was sentenced to prison for drug manufacturing/selling Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Stephanie Wheeler was sentenced to three concurrent terms of four to 20 years in prison on the charges of controlled substance delivery/manufacturing methamphetamine. A fourth count of the same…
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