By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were arraigned recently in front of the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felonies – Melinda Ann VanDerZanden, 30, of 475 E. Lever Rd., Hart, was arrested Dec. 1 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) for a felony of first-degree retail fraud. A preliminary exam is set for Dec. 10 at 11:15…
LUDINGTON — Members of the Ludington Area Center for the Arts will take part in a special membership meeting Tuesday, Dec. 9 at the arts center. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be for the purpose of reviewing and voting on the proposed revisions to the arts center’s bylaws. Revisions which are proposed for the bylaws will enable…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced Tuesday, Dec. 2, in 51st Circuit Court by Judge Richard I. Cooper: – Brent James Hansen, 47, of 71 S. Campbell Rd., Fountain, was found guilty Oct. 15 of operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL), third offense. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with credit for…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The open murder case against Sean Michael Phillips will be bound over to circuit court. Judge Richard Cooper, 51st Circuit Court Judge, ruled in favor of an appeal, overturning 79th District Court Judge Pete Wadel’s earlier decision not to bind the case over. Phillips is charged with the 2011 death of his 4-month-old daughter…
VICTORY TWP. – The work of Ludington artist Donald Weir is featured this month in West Shore Community College’s Manierre Dawson Gallery. Born Sept. 27, 1918, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Donald’s mother always said to him that, “On the day you were born, there was a parade!” The men were returning from WWI that year. At the age of three,…
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