By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — As crews prepare to tear down the city’s oldest building, several hundred bricks from the 137-year-old former Scottville schoolhouse will be salvaged and offered to the public, preserving a tangible link to the community’s past even as the structure itself disappears. According to Mason County Treasurer Andrew Kmetz IV, of the Mason County Land…
LUDINGTON — The Ludington City Council will consider new restrictions on feeding wild animals during its regular meeting Monday, April 27, 2026, at 6 p.m. at the city municipal building, 400 S. Harrison St. Council members are scheduled to take up the first reading of Ordinance No. 589-26, which would amend city code to address the feeding of deer and…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 31-year-old man was sentenced to prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Tuesday, April 21, for convictions of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, conspiracy to commit second-degree home invasion, methamphetamine/ecstasy possession, felony firearm and third-offense habitual offender. Travis William Malone, 31, conspired with Tyler Austin Hendrickson, 31, to commit the armed robbery, said…
“He calls her and says, ‘You ratted me out to the police. If I don’t get these charges kicked, I promise I’m going to have you killed.’” By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old man convicted of multiple felonies for drug dealing and crimes in connection to threatening to kill an undercover narcotics officer who he thought was…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 25-year-old Ludington man was arrested by a Mason County sheriff’s deputy after allegedly shoplifting at Walmart on US 10 and attempting to flee the scene Thursday, April 23, around 1:30 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole.…
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