SCOTTVILLE – Recent changes in personal property tax laws will mean an anticipated loss of $6,700 for Scottville, starting in 2014. Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed the Personal Property Tax Elimination bill which means businesses with a taxable value of less than $40,000 will be exempt from paying personal property taxes. The bill also means personal property tax for manufacturing…
LUDINGTON — Mayor John Henderson is expected to make appointments to the city’s standing committees Monday during the city council’s first meeting of the year. Committees are as follow: Finance: Chair Wally Taranko, Wanda Marrison, Gary Castonia. Building and Licenses/Long Range Planning: Chair Kaye Holman, Wally Taranko, Nick Tykowski. Cemetery, Parks and Recreation: Chair Nick Tykowski, Dick Rathsack, Les Johnson.…
RIVERTON TWP. – Thursday night was a first for Riverton Fire Chief Joe Cooper. He got to help rescue a cat – not from a tree but from a power pole. Cooper, along with Great Lakes Energy linemen Tom Mclouth and Rodney Herrema, saved a kitty that had been trapped on the pole for a couple days at the…
LUDINGTON – The following activity took place over the past week in the 79th District Court at the Mason County Courthouse. Sentences Raymond David Spyker, 29, 503 W. U.S. 10, Amber Twp., was found guilty on Dec. 18 for larceny. He was sentenced to 1 year discretionary jail for 2 years and given a $902.59 fine. An additional charge of…
LUDINGTON – Ludington Area Schools board of education will interview a candidate for interim superintendent next Tuesday. The candidate, David Killips, is a Ludington native and has served most recently as the superintendent of Chelsea Public Schools from 2002 and retirement in 2012. Three Ludington Area Schools administrators have also applied for the interim superintendent position with the goal to…
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