By Alan Neushwander MCP Correspondent. LUDINGTON – Ludington City Council approved the city’s 2012 budget amendments Monday night. City Manager John Shay said the city’s revenues exceeded expenditures by $336,429. Shay cited numerous reasons why revenues were higher than anticipated including higher building permit fee revenue due primarily to Memorial Medical Center’s expansion project, an increase in revenue sharing, an…
National Public Radio’s All Things Considered afternoon show featured an 8-minute story today on the SS Badger. Reporter Noah Adams spent a few days in Ludington interviewing business owners, dignitaries and ordinary citizens about their opinion of the Badger. Click here for the story.
HOUGHTON — A local artist’s work has received top honors at the Michigan Technological University Great Lakes Showcase. Pere Marquette Township artist Dave Masten’s Wired has received first place in the three dimensional art category. Wired is a statue made of copper. It makes a statement about modern technology and our reliance on it. Diana Budde, an associate professor at…
Editor’s note: When Mason County Press was started last winter, Thad Ray was one of the first people to approach me and ask if he could start writing a blog. Full Circle has been one of our most well-received blogs. Thad has decided he wants to move to another level and start writing some articles for us. Thad was born in…
On Wednesday, March 6, a comprehensive disaster exercise will be held in Mason, Lake, Newaygo and Oceana counties. It will be held in cooperation with Consumers Energy, the National Weather Service Office in Grand Rapids, and the Michigan State Police Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division. The purpose of the exercise is to test local County Emergency Operations Centers’ capabilities…
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