Purtee honored for 29 years in county clerk’s office. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The Mason County Board of Commissioners paid tribute to Debra Purtee during its regular board meeting Tuesday morning, March 12. Purtee, who is retiring, has worked for the county clerk’s office for 29 years and has served as chief deputy clerk since 1998. Purtee’s duties…
2018 was busy year for sheriff’s office; new K-9 purchased. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole presented his department’s annual report to the Mason County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning. Cole said that 2018 was a “very active year for the Mason County Sheriff’s Office. We had our first drowning in four years, when 38…
Writer series ends on March 21 with ‘Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes’ PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Winter Writer Series sponsored by the Sable Point Lighthouse Keepers Association and Mason County Historical Society (MCHS), will present its final author and speaker John Kotzian, Thursday evening, March 21, 2019, at 7 p.m. The presentation, entitled “Sky Pilot of the Great Lakes”…
Healing Mr. Marty. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. For nearly a month, Jody McCarthy has been caring for Mr. Marty the cat, who was brought into Mason County Animal Control on Feb. 14. Mr. Marty had clear signs of extreme frost bite on his back paws along with other signs of hypothermia. McCarthy is a volunteer with Lakeshore Animal Friends. She…
Man faces several charges following domestic, deputy assaults. #MasonCountyCrime SCOTTVILLE – A 25-year-old Ludington man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies on charges of home invasion, domestic violence, interfering with 911 communications and assault on a corrections deputy Saturday afternoon, March 9, after allegedly kicking the door down to residence where a woman he was dating lived and assaulting…
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