#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair dairy competitions:
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews #Fountain By Rob Alway and Allison Scarbrough. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — Gary Dean Maccune, 2295 N. 34th Street, Sheridan Township, 25, and Louis John Metheny Jr., 37, 823 N. Benson Road, Sheridan Township have been charged with eight felonies apiece in connection with two break-ins overnight. The two were arraigned Wednesday in Mason County’s 79th District Court. The two…
#MasonCountyPeople #MasonCountyBusiness #Scottville DETROIT — Howard Vanderlaan was honored by the Michigan Funeral Directors Association for 50 years of licensure in mortuary science at its recent gathering of members in Detroit. Howard was licensed by the State of Michigan in 1966 and moved to Scottville to begin his career in funeral service. Howard began working for Lloyd Stephens at the…
#WesternMichiganFair #HomemakerOfTheYear By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Char Etchison of Riverton Township didn’t expect to win Homemaker of the Year when she entered exhibits in the Western Michigan Fair’s open class competition. She called it an honor when she was given the award Wednesday night at the fair. Etchison made a patriotic quilt and a dragon-themed quilt…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A GPS unit was stolen from a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 11:42 a.m. on Barnhart Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Other Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Wednesday includes: 11:45 a.m., two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10-31 and Brye Road, Amber Township. 12:42 p.m,. harassment, 2400 block of Benson Road, Sheridan Township.…