FREE SOIL — The Free Soil Community School District will no longer exist as of June 30 of this year. Voters today decided 133 to 8 to annex the district into Mason County Eastern Public Schools. “I credit the Free Soil board of education for doing a good job of explaining the tax issues regarding the annexation vote,” Superintendent Ron…
SCOTTVILLE – Mason County Central voters approved a request to levy property taxes against non-principal residences today, 242 to 218. The approval allows the district to increase its tax levy by 1.4271 mills ($1.4271 on each $1,000 of taxable valuation) for the year 2013. The purpose is to provide funds for operating purposes and will create an estimated $137,607 in…
FREE SOIL TWP. – Free Soil Township voters approved a road improvement millage. The 1 mill request barely passed 66 to 50. It is estimated to raise $30,287 in 2013 and will expire in 2018.
By Lisa Enos MCP Correspondent LUDINGTON — What originally appeared to be an open and shut case of parental kidnapping took a different turn Monday while defendant Mark McCallum of Hamlin Township, who is on trial in circuit court for violating a child custody agreement, made it clear that his defense is going to hinge on trying to prove that…
Moonlighting, a blog by Judy Cools Birdsong broke the silence of our snow-muffled woods this morning. After months of quiet, the sound of birds in the frozen woods rang crisp and clear – so uplifting. I never realize how much I love the birds until they’ve been quiet for a while. Not to be outdone by these feathery things, the…
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