
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP— 5:51 p.m.: Report of a grass fire at the Mason County Airport.

Bandstra to lead CTE program. West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press. By Kate Goodman, MCP/OCP correspondent VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Jamie Bandstra will begin the 2021-2022 school year as the new director of the West Shore Educational Service District’s Career Technical Education (CTE) program. …

VIDEO: Around the County: Antique tractor pulling is a family activity. Around the County is a presentation of Preferred Credit Union, www.preferredcu.org, located locally at 266 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington. SCOTTVILLE — Paul Storm of Walkeville, and his sons Kennedy and Garason competed in the Western Michigan Old Engine Club’s July antique tractor pull Saturday morning at the club’s show…

Outdoors: Pentwater Historic Homes Walking Tour By Joan Young, MCP Contributing Writer. For years, the Village of Pentwater has had a brochure for a self-guided walking/bicycling (or driving) tour of 48 historic buildings. The booklet was updated in 2017, and now includes the relatively new Historical Society Museum, the former Baptist Church Building. Pentwater is not a large village geographically,…

Obituary: Gerald Dwyer, Jr., 62, of Ludington. Gerald Edward Dwyer Jr., 64, of Ludington, died Thursday, July 8, 2021, at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. He was born October 29, 1956, in Chicago, the son of Gerald and Shirley (Julian) Dwyer. Gerald is survived by his children, Katie and Jerry; his brothers, David (Yvonne) Dwyer, Tony (Fay) Dwyer and Terry (Doti)…