Ionia man injured after truck runs into train. #MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 36-year-old Ionia man was injured Friday afternoon after the pickup truck he was driving collided with a moving train on North Tyndall Road between Stevensen and Wingleton roads. According to Mason County Sheriff Dep. Ken Baum, on the scene, the man was traveling…
Phillips sentenced 19 to 45 years for murder of Baby Kate. #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sean Michael Phillips was sentenced Friday morning in 51st Circuit Court to serve 19 to 45 years in prison for the June 29, 2011 murder of his 4-month-daughter daughter, Katherine Shelbie-Elizabeth Phillips. The sentence will run concurrent with the sentence he is…
Effort underway to feed over 400 families during winter break. #MasonCountyCares. LUDINGTON — The Lakeshore Resource Network has teamed up with United Way of Mason County, Mason County Family Link, and a group of community volunteers to help feed over 400 local families with students who are home over holiday break. The effort comes with support from Orchard Market, Wal-Mart,…
Phillips sentencing scheduled for Friday. #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sean Michael Phillips is scheduled to appear in court Friday morning where he will be sentenced for second degree murder of his infant daughter. Phillips was found guilty by a jury on October 14, following a three week trial in 51st Circuit Court. The 26-year-old Victory Township man…
Community Cats TNR receives grant from Great Lakes Energy. LUDINGTON — Community Cats TNR has received a $496 grant from the Great Lakes Energy People Fund. The grant will be used to purchase six additional Trap-Neuter-Release traps. Community Cats TNR is a local, non-profit group of volunteers striving to reduce and control feral cat population growth. Since October, 2012,…
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