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MCC 4-year H.G. Bacon Award recipients honored

May 8, 2025

Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Mason County Central High School seniors who have earned the Four Year H.G.  Bacon Academic Excellence Award were honored Wednesday evening at Lincoln Hills Golf Club. In order to receive the honor, students had to maintain a minimum grade point…

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Scottville breaks ground on park improvements

May 8, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — The City of Scottville and the Scottville Downtown Development Authority (DDA) held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, May 8 on the city’s revitalization of Optimist Park and sculpture improvement project. The revitalization will include renovations to the Scottville Clown Band Shell along with sidewalk and landscape improvements, and placement of a new sculpture, “The Big Noise,” which will be…

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Fire damages Fountain garage

May 8, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FOUNTAIN — Three Mason County Rural Fire Authority departments responded to a fire that damaged a garage at 6855 E. Main St. Wednesday evening. Emergency units were dispatched to the property, owned by Dale Root, at 9:29 p.m. The first firefighter on scene reported the garage was fully engulfed in flames, however firefighters were able to…

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Obituary: Walter Gordon Harthun, 81, of Ludington

May 8, 2025

Walter Gordon Harthun, 81, of Ludington, died Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.  He was born December 10, 1943, in Detroit, the son of Walter and Virginia (Gramza) Harthun. Walt served in the U.S. Marine Corps where he was stationed in Hawaii for four years.  Afterwards he went to work for Packaging Corp of…

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Obituary: Nellie Ann Ardolf, 80, of Ludington

May 8, 2025

Nellie Ann Ardolf, 80, of Ludington, died Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.  She was born October 15, 1944, in Nessen City, the daughter of Ellsworth and Helen (McCarthy) Dillehay. Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service, Pere Marquette Chapel in Ludington.  Interment…

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