Art center receives $17,500 grant. #MasonCountyArts LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Center for the Arts has been awarded a grant of $17,500 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 559 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2016 funding. Organizations receiving…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent death has been reported to MCP fromOak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center. Robert James Landis, Sr., 89, of Manistee passed away on Thursday November 10, 2016 at Manistee County Medical Center in Manistee. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
Branch man arrested for first degree criminal sexual conduct with child. #MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old Branch man was arrested Tuesday, Nov. 8, by Mason County sheriff detectives and charged with criminal sexual conduct first degree along with CSC second degree. Glen Arthur Bentley II was arraigned in 79th District Court on the two charges that allege criminal sexual…
County has 65% voter turnout; recap of local election results. #MasonCountyElection. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sixty-five percent of the 22,816 registered voters in Mason County voted in Tuesday’s Presidential Election, 14,948 people. Here are the results of most of the races in Mason County: Note: Percentages are rounded up. Straight party tickets: Republican: 3,970 (59%) Democrat: 2,348 (35%) Libertarian:…
Holman elected Ludington mayor; Henderson wins councilor seat. #MasonCountyElection By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Kaye Holman has been elected the mayor of Ludington, narrowly defeating Cheri Stibitz-Rozell by eight votes (see results below). Holman, 75, will serve as mayor pro-tem/councilor-at-large until Dec. 31 and then will be sworn in as mayor, a position that she will serve until the…
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