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Charter academy to offer public tours beginning Tuesday.

July 18, 2016
Charter academy to offer public tours beginning Tuesday.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEducation #Scottville #GatewayToSuccessAcademy By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Gateway to Success Academy will begin offering tours to the public, beginning Tuesday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new charter school, which is still under construction, is located at 526 N. Scottville Road in the former Foster’s grocery market building. The new building, however, is barely…

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Reader frustrated by lack of concern for abandoned chicken.

July 18, 2016

Dear Editor, I received quite a shock tonight.  I clean a local business office on a weekly basis.  I actually almost forgot to clean it this weekend, and then at 6 o’clock tonight, I suddenly remembered.  I got food, went to the office, ate my dinner quickly, and got down to cleaning. The last step was to take the garbage that the…

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Obituary: Myrna Beemer, 88, Free Soil.

July 17, 2016
Obituary: Myrna Beemer, 88, Free Soil.

Myrna J. Beemer, 88, of Free Soil passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Tendercare of Ludington.  Myrna was born on November 14, 1927 in Lakeview, the daughter of Joseph and Leah (Mitchell) Taylor and graduated from Lakeview High School with the class of 1945. On March 21, 1946, she married the love of her life, Versal Beemer in Lakeview,…

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Obituary: Victor Larson, 67, Victory Twp.

July 17, 2016
Obituary: Victor Larson, 67, Victory Twp.

#MasonCountyDeaths #MasonCountyAgriculture Victor Edwin Larson, 67, passed to his rest July 16, 2016, at the family home in Free Soil, Michigan, following a six-year valiant battle with cancer. Born June 7, 1949, in Ludington, Michigan, Victor was the third of eight offspring born of the late Edwin and Margie (Miller) Larson. Victor attended Cedar Lake Academy in Cedar Lake, Michigan,…

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Beach closed after 5 people swept off breakwater. 

July 17, 2016

#MasonCountyNews #LudingtonLUDINGTON — Ludington Police Dept. has closed Stearns Park Beach and the north breakwater due to high winds and waves on Lake Michigan. Police Chief Mark Barnett reported that five people had been swept off the north breakwater this afternoon. They were assisted to safety by bystanders and no one was seriously injured.  The area is closed until weather…

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