Firefighters save newly built house. #MasonCountyNews. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Firefighters were able to contain a fire on the site of a house under construction at 2903 S. Lakeshore Drive Friday, Oct. 11. Pere Marquette Township Fire Department and Riverton Township Fire Department were dispatched about 5:15 p.m. and were able to extinguish it before it caused excessive damage. Ludington…
Walkerville man charged with vehicle theft following morning manhunt. #MasonCountyCrime By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Dustin Allen Himes, Jr. 25, of 4570 N. 176th Ave., Walkerville, was arrested early this morning, Oct. 11, by Mason County Sheriff’s Office deputies and charged with larceny from a vehicle and unlawfully driving away an automobile (UDAA). The UDAA of a 2006 GMC…
Safe Harbor Credit Union to celebrate International Credit Union Day. LUDINGTON — On Thursday, October 17, 2019, Safe Harbor Credit Union will join with 56,000 credit unions around the world in celebration of International Credit Union (ICU) Day. Coffee, punch, goodies, and prizes will be available at the credit union, 1200 E. Tinkham Ave. There are over 200 million credit…
The Scoop: Fall at the libraries. LUDINGTON — Today on The Scoop, Kate Krieger-Watkins speaks with Eric Smith and Sue Carlson, directors of the Mason County District Library about events happening at the library this fall. They also talk about the library’s Unbound program for students at Mason County Central Schools and Gateway to Success Academy, along with many of…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Back in the early 60s, a group of fruit farmers had an idea to supply some winter fun for their families. Eugene Lathrop, George Wagner, Ralph Knudsen, and Wilbur (Willie) VanNortwick built a ski hill on the John Bigsby farm, located on Morton Road south of Hawley Road (an area affectionally known these days as Morton…
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