4 departments fight Custer barn fire. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER TOWNSHIP — Four fire departments were on scene of a barn fire at 2466 E. Wilson Road Thursday afternoon. Custer Fire Department and Scottville Fire Department were the first to arrive to the barn that fully engulfed in flames. Assistance was requested by departments from Branch and Riverton.…
Joan Young releases fourth mystery book, “Dead Mule Swamp Druggist.” By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Somewhere towards the middle of Forest County, on the shores of Dead Mule Swamp, lives Anastasia Raven. The 40-some-year-old is fairly new to the rural Midwestern town, transplanting herself from Chicago after her husband of over 20 years left her for a man. Since moving to…
Crashes top police activity. #MasonCounty The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017: – 8:41 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), vehicle crash, no injuries, Chauvez and Darr roads, Custer Township. – 1:48 p.m., (Michigan State Police), one-vehicle crash, no injuries, Hawley and Scottville roads, Eden Township. Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017: – 5 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer…
Obituary: Kent Ingraham, 80, Scottville. Kent Lee Ingraham, 80, of Scottville passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 24, 1937, in Jackson, Michigan, to Harald “Red” and Helen (Hughes) Ingraham. Kent married Barbara Jean Woodfill on September 15, 1961. Together they raised five children. Kent was a graduate of Michigan…
Recent deaths, posted Dec. 14, 2017. #MasonCountyDeaths The following recent death has been reported to MCP: Kent Lee Ingraham, 80, of Scottville died Tuesday, December 12, 2017. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ludington. Wayne E. Wilkes, 92, of Branch died Tuesday, December 12. Funeral arrangements are pending at Wyman Funeral & Cremation Services – Stephens Funeral…
Cancellations and closings for Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017. Updates: Mason County Eastern boys JV and varsity basketball games against Bear Lake will be played tonight. as scheduled, beginning at 6 p.m. in Custer. Mason County Central Schools, including Victory Early Childhood Center are closed Thursday, Dec. 14. Ludington Area Schools. Mason County Eastern Schools Covenant Christian School. Ludington Area Catholic…
Cancellations and closings, Dec. 13, 2017. Ludington Recreation swim team practice is cancelled tonight. Mason County Eastern basketball game versus Bear Lake has been cancelled. West Shore Community College wind symphony concert scheduled for tonight has been postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 7. Four Corners churches advent gathering has been cancelled. Franklin Elementary bedtime stories event with Santa scheduled…
Ludington man arrested for criminal sexual conduct with minor. Editor’s note: Mason County Press does not release the name of sex crime victims and will not tolerate the naming (or even the hint of the name) of victims on its social media pages. #MasonCountyCrime. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 38-year-old Ludington man has been arrested and charged with…
79th District Court arraignments, posted Dec. 13, 2017. #MasonCountyCrime. By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer. The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Misdemeanors -Adam Lee Passarelli, 28, of 5634 W. Johnson Rd., Pere Marquette Township; December 7; Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO); breaking & entering and disorderly drunk person. Pretrial: January 29 at 1:45 p.m. Bail: $2,500…
79th District Court sentencings, posted Dec. 13, 2017. #MasonCountyCrime. By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court: -Steven Donald Makowicki, 52, of 504 E. Danaher St., Apt. 4, Ludington, pleaded guilty December 5 to operating a vehicle with a high blood alcohol content and was sentenced to 35 days in…
MCC to dismiss early Friday. SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central Schools will hold a half day for students on Friday, Dec. 15. Teachers will be participating in afternoon professional development activities. Students who ride buses will be arriving home 3 hours, 45 minutes earlier than on a regular day. Scottville Elementary will dismiss at 11:20 a.m. Other grades will dismiss…
Father believes drug dealer’s sentence too light following son’s death. #MasonCountyCrime. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Greg Wilson is a father who has spent the last eight months grieving the death of his 32-year-old son, Gregory Blake Wilson, who died of a drug overdose on March 18, 2017. Much of Greg’s grief lingers because he believes justice has not…
Man hurt after crashing pickup into tree, cited for OWI. #MasonCountyNews LUDINGTON — A 20-year-old Scottville man was injured after crashing a 1993 green GMC pickup truck into a tree at the northeast corner of the intersection of Ludington Avenue and Gaylord Street near Ludington Rotary Park Monday, Dec. 11, shortly before 9:30 p.m., according to Ludington Police Chief Mark…
Homeless man sentenced to year in jail for break-in. #MasonCountyCrime By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 25-year-old man was sentenced to one year in jail for a conviction of breaking and entering of a building with intent to commit larceny and second-offense habitual offender Tuesday, Dec. 12, in 51st Circuit Court. Reenya Bilal-Clinton Burrell, whose address is listed as…
Muskegon man sent to jail for heroin possession. #MasonCountyCrime By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 48-year-old Muskegon man was ordered to serve five months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Dec. 12, for a conviction of heroin possession – less than 25 grams and third-offense habitual offender. Jared Adam Canales, of 2510…
Sheriff’s office responds to several non-injury crashes Monday. #MasonCountyNews The Mason County Sheriff’s Office handled several non-injury vehicle crashes Monday, Dec. 11, including: – 1:45 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Angling and Manales roads, Victory Township. – 4:55 a.m., one-vehicle rollover crash, no injuries, Chauvez and Appleton roads, Riverton Township. – 5:55 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Scottville and Conrad…
Sheriff K9 unit receives life saving award. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Mason County Sheriff Office’s K9 unit, which includes Dep. Kenneth Baum and his dog, Cash, were recently recognized by the National Association of Professional Canine Handlers for their Oct. 6, 2016 efforts in locating a missing 4-year-old boy with autism in Victory Township. See related story here. “The partners…
Fundraiser planned for Ludington man fighting for his life. LUDINGTON — A fundraiser and blood drive event will take place to help Ludington resident Dale Kompik, Jr., who is currently in a medically induced coma after coming down with sepsis that has led to the removal of his right lung and his limbs. The 31-year-old checked himself into Spectrum Health…
Winter storm warning updated. The National Weather Service has updated its winter storm warning with the storm expected to begin late Monday afternoon. According to the Federal Emergency Management Administration, the storm is expected to last until midnight, Wednesday, Dec. 13. The warning states: Heavy lake effect will develop tonight. Travel will be very difficult including during the morning on…
Verizon wireless services restored; software update blamed. Verizon Wireless services have been restored after this morning’s outage that impacted thousands of people from northern Oceana County to most counties up to the Mackinac Bridge. Upnorthlive.com has reported that a Verizon Wireless representative said the outages were caused by a software update that was rolled out Sunday night. Mason County residents…
Cancellations and closings, Dec. 11, 2017. LUDINGTON — The following events have been cancelled for today: Ludington Area Schools OJ DeJonge Middle School seventh and eighth grade basketball games. OJ DeJonge Middle School band concert. West Shore Community College Gold Coast Singers auditions.
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