LUDINGTON — The Roots Peony Farm won the grand prize of $15,000 in the Momentum Business Plan Competition Thursday evening. The prize was awarded after finalists presented their business pitches to a live audience and a panel of judges during the event at Ludington Area Center for the Arts. Business owner, Troy Venneman, was presented a check from the Pennies…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Leobardo Olivarez-Alpizar, 53; assault with intent to murder; arrested May 4 by Mason County Sheriff’s Office; arraigned May 5; preliminary hearing: May 21; bail: $500,000 cash. READ related story here -Ryan Steven Brock, 44; second-degree home invasion and possession of a…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced this week in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Brett Fredrick Portman, 66, pleaded guilty March 11 to three counts of breaking and entering with intent and was sentenced May 6 to one year in jail with credit for 155 days served; five years probation; $1,479.27 in restitution; and $794 in fines and costs.…
LUDINGTON — Friends of Ludington Police will host its inaugural Wag and Walk on Saturday, May 17. The fundraising walk will begin at Rotary Park at 2 p.m. with walkers and their dogs proceeding east along Ludington Avenue. Local business sponsors will be handing out bags of dog treats to each of the walkers and dogs from each business along…
Ronald Sorensen, 82, of Custer, died on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Funeral arrangements by Wyman Funeral & Cremation Services in Scottville. Listing of 2025 deaths. Listing of 2024 deaths. Listing of 2023 deaths. Listing of 2022 deaths. Listing of 2021 deaths. Listing of 2020 deaths. Listing of 2019 deaths __________ Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with email…
MCP Boat Blog is a presentation of the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. Documenting west Michigan’s commercial and recreational maritime industry. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Thursday, May 8, 2025. The MV Calumet was the first freighter to visit Ludington harbor this shipping season, arriving — finally — Thursday…
Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Mason County Central High School seniors who have earned the Four Year H.G. Bacon Academic Excellence Award were honored Wednesday evening at Lincoln Hills Golf Club. In order to receive the honor, students had to maintain a minimum grade point…
SCOTTVILLE — The City of Scottville and the Scottville Downtown Development Authority (DDA) held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, May 8 on the city’s revitalization of Optimist Park and sculpture improvement project. The revitalization will include renovations to the Scottville Clown Band Shell along with sidewalk and landscape improvements, and placement of a new sculpture, “The Big Noise,” which will be…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FOUNTAIN — Three Mason County Rural Fire Authority departments responded to a fire that damaged a garage at 6855 E. Main St. Wednesday evening. Emergency units were dispatched to the property, owned by Dale Root, at 9:29 p.m. The first firefighter on scene reported the garage was fully engulfed in flames, however firefighters were able to…
Walter Gordon Harthun, 81, of Ludington, died Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born December 10, 1943, in Detroit, the son of Walter and Virginia (Gramza) Harthun. Walt served in the U.S. Marine Corps where he was stationed in Hawaii for four years. Afterwards he went to work for Packaging Corp of…
Nellie Ann Ardolf, 80, of Ludington, died Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. She was born October 15, 1944, in Nessen City, the daughter of Ellsworth and Helen (McCarthy) Dillehay. Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at Beacon Cremation & Funeral Service, Pere Marquette Chapel in Ludington. Interment…
A funeral service for Randy LaVerne Smith of Custer, who passed away on February 21, 2025 at the age of 67, will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 11 a.m. at Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington. He will be laid to rest at Riverside Cemetery in Custer Township. Arrangements were entrusted to Oak Grove Funeral Home of…
A graveside service for Roselinda Martin of Branch, who passed away at the age of 85 on January 7, 2025 will be held on Friday, May 16, at 11:30 a.m., at Tallman Cemetery. Arrangements were entrusted to Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington, www.OakGroveLudington.com. Read Ms. Martin’s obituary here.
Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central School District will host its fourth annual Community Agriculture Night on Thursday, May 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the parking lot of the MCC Upper Elementary. The popular event is open to…
Submitted by the Community Foundation for Mason County Shirley Rasmussen, a member of the Mason County community for nearly a century, has made a recent contribution to the Campaign for Mason County in honor of her late husband, Jack, and her late son, Craig. Rasmussen’s story is part of the vibrant fabric of Ludington’s history, from her childhood days playing…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. EDEN TOWNSHIP — An intruder or intruders broke into a residence in the 5100 block of South Stella Road and stole items from the home, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The break-in was reported Monday, May 5, at 8:05 p.m. The case…
Scott David Alexander, 63, passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025, in Ludington. He was born October 14, 1961, in Midland, Mich., the oldest of three sons of Robert W. Alexander and Valerie Nollar Greiner. Scott graduated from Ludington High School in 1980 and later received heavy equipment operator certification from Superior Training Services in Franklin, Indiana. In 1988, he…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — A re-dedication ceremony, retiring Ludington High School varsity baseball uniform No. 3 was held Tuesday afternoon prior to the beginning of the LHS vs. Montague game at the Don Stokely Diamond at Oriole Field. The uniform number belonged to Joe Lancour, a 2004 LHS graduate who died in combat while serving in the U.S.…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old man with a long criminal history was sentenced to 53 months to 40 years in prison for four convictions Tuesday, May 6, in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Marshall Jennings Brault pleaded guilty, March 12, to one felony count of attempting to disarm a police officer, two felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing…
By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old Ludington man who briefly escaped from police custody at the Mason County Courthouse last fall faces a six-year prison term after recently pleading guilty to multiple charges in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court. Jesse Allen Totten pleaded guilty in three files to charges of: escape awaiting trial for a felony, meth…
MCP Boat Blog is a presentation of the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. Documenting west Michigan’s commercial and recreational maritime industry. Photography by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Tuesday, May 6 –This morning I travelled down to Muskegon and Ferrysburg where I photographed the MV Mark W. Barker and the…
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