Repeat offender faces prison for heroin possession. #MasonCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 23-year-old Hamlin Township man with a lengthy criminal history faces serving a minimum of one year and one day to four years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday, April 10, in 51st Circuit Court to heroin possession. Cody Morgan Denton, of 2630 Sherman Rd., was…
Obituary: Helen Budzynski, 95, Fountain. Helen Eva (Baibak) Budzynski, 95, and long-time resident of Fountain passed from this world to be with her beloved Savior, husband, parents, departed family and friends in Heaven on April 10, 2018. Helen was born October 23, 1922 on her family’s Mason County dairy farm, beloved second child of Lithuanian immigrants Zigmont and Helen (Monchunski) Baibak.…
Ludington Optimist Club to host junior golf tournament. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The Ludington Optimist Club will hold the Fred Slimmen Memorial Junior Golf Tournament on Sunday, May 20 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club, 1527 N. Lakeshore Drive. The cost is $10 per person and includes lunch, a bucket of balls, and a round of golf for each player. Registration deadline…
Please refer back to this post for updates. Mason County Central has cancelled today’s junior varsity baseball game against Oakridge. No makeup date has been scheduled yet.
AAUW commemorates Equal Pay Day. MANISTEE — Members of the American Association of University Women, Ludington Chapter, commemorated Equal Pay Day 2018 on Monday during their regular meeting. Equal Pay Day is held each year in April to highlight the gap between men’s and women’s wages. While average American women earn 80% of men’s wages, in Michigan women earn even…
Suspicious person at MCC results in alert to all county schools. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — A suspicious man at the Mason County Central Middle School was confronted by the building’s principal early this morning after the man had apparently followed a teacher and her children to the school and then was walking around the building about 8…
1 taken to hospital following PM Hwy. crash. #MasonCountyNews. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — One person was transported to the hospital by ambulance following a two vehicle crash on Pere Marquette Highway just south of US 10. The crash involved a Dodge Ramp 1500 pickup and a Ford minivan. The female passenger of the mini van was taken by Life EMS…
Fin & Feather Club to offer hunter safety classes. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — The Fin & Feather Club of Mason County will be offering hunter safety class this spring and summer. The first class is scheduled for Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22 at the Fin & Feather Club, 3276 N. Darr Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both…
ESD presents Make A Difference Awards. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — The West Shore Educational Service District recognized several people who are special in the lives of the district’s students last Friday during the Make A Difference Awards ceremony held at West Shore Community College. The awards are presented annually “in recognition of outstanding people, agencies, and businesses throughout our area that…
Ludington Municipal Marina generated record revenue in 2017. #LudingtonNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The Ludington Municipal Marina had its highest seasonal revenue in its 36 year history in 2017, according to Manager Jim Christensen. The record revenue came despite a significant decrease in transient traffic in 2017. Eighty-five of the marina’s 86 seasonal spaces were filled, generating a…
PM Township considering transportation millage renewal. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Pere Marquette Township’s board of trustees will consider a resolution asking its voters to renew a transportation millage when it meets Tuesday, April 10. The board will consider the renewal of up to .4 mill for service to the township residents from Ludington Mass Transit…
Hamlin man sent to jail for heroin possession. #OceanaCountyCrime By Allison Scarbrough, Editor. HART — A 23-year-old Hamlin Township man with a lengthy criminal history and pending felony charges in Mason County was sentenced to nine months in jail for a heroin possession conviction in Oceana County’s 27th Circuit Court Monday, April 9. Cody Morgan Denton, of 2630 Sherman Rd.,…
Ludington council to consider $1.2 million fire station bond. #LudingtonNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A $1.2 million bond to build a new fire station is on the agenda of tonight’s City Council meeting. The new station will be located at 920 E. Tinkham Ave., behind the Lakeshore Resource Network. The current station is located on the northeast corner…
Mesick man arrested for refusing to pay cab fare. #MasonCountyCrime. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 40-year-old Mesick man was arrested early Sunday morning on the charges of defrauding a taxi driver and resisting and opposing a police officer. Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 5300 block of West US 10 at 12:39 a.m. The man allegedly…
LUDINGTON — The following is a list of rescheduled, canceled or postponed Ludington Area School District athletic events: Junior varsity softball and baseball scheduled for today, April 9, has been postponed to Wednesday, April 11 at 4 p.m. Varsity softball and baseball vs. Shelby scheduled for today, April 9, has been postponed to Wednesday April 11 at 4 p.m. Varsity…
AAUW to tour Manistee church. MANISTEE — The AAUW will hold its monthly meeting today, Monday, April 9, 2018, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will include a tour of the First Congregational United Church at 412 Fourth Street. The $5 tour will include a tour of the church and its stained glass windows. Dinner will follow at T.J.’s Pub…
Fire destroys barn, burns nearby house.#MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — A garage/barn was destroyed by fire Friday night at the Albaitis residence at 3525 W. Hawley Road. Initial dispatch information stated the structure was a barn and the fire was spreading to the nearby house. Riverton Township Fire Chief Joe Cooper said the fire seared the southwest…
Obituary: Galen Smith, 78, Ludington. Galen Robert Smith, 78, of Ludington went home to be with the Lord on April 4, 2018. He was born October 8, 1939 in Lansing to Robert and Madeline (Shadduck) Smith. Galen’s family moved to Portage when he was young. He graduated from Portage High School at 17 and went into the U.S. Air Force…
Recent births, reported April 6, 2018. #MasonCountyBirths Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise. Zayden Alan Crooks, the son of Ashley and Brian Crooks of Ludington, was born April 3, 2018. Rowyn Elise Smith and Asher Blake Smith, twin babies of Jaime Glauch and Robert Smith of Branch, were born April 3, 2018. Logan Lynn Richert, the daughter of…
Kindertransport participant to tell her story at WSCC. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — West Shore Community College, in partnership with The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Muskegon, will host Kindertransport survivor Edith Maniker on Tues., April 17, at 12:30 p.m., in the college’s Center Stage Theater. The Kindertransport was an organized rescue effort that took place during the nine months prior…
Police and fire log, April 4, 2018. 2:01 a.m., Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), suspicious situation, 1900 block of South Scottville Road, Custer Township. 2:35 a.m., MCSO, car/deer crash, no injuries, US 31 and US 10, Amber Township. 1:49 p.m., Michigan State Police (MSP)/MCSO, vehicle crash, no injuries, Free Soil Road and Michigan Street, Village of Free Soil. 9:41 a.m.,…
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