#MasonCountyNews #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — Kathy Shafer has been appointed Scottville treasurer. Shafer has served many years as the Riverton Township treasurer and has a lot of experience with taxes, according to City Manager Amy Williams. For the past several years the treasurer position was combined with the city manager position due to budget constraints. The city commission recently requested the…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 47-year-old Wyoming, Michigan man was arrested by Michigan State Police troopers from the Hart post for heroin possession and driving while license suspended (DWLS) Thursday, Aug. 11, at 2:15 p.m. at US 31 and US 10. Other police activity Thursday includes: 6:45 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), larceny of a cell phone from…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in 79th District Court: Felonies -Nancy Lea Tormen, 55, 3709 Coachlight Common St., Lansing, was arrested August 7 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) on felony charges of resisting/obstructing and larceny less than $200. Preliminary hearing: August 24 at 11:15 a.m. Bail: $3,500/10 percent. Misdemeanors -Jason…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently sentenced in 79th District Court: -Danyel Rebecca Horsley, 28, 503 N. Washington Ave., Apt 2, Ludington, pleaded guilty on August 2 to second degree retail fraud and was sentenced to 60 days in jail with credit for 30 days already served, one year discretionary jail for two…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEnvironment #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — The Mason-Manistee-Ocean Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day (HHW) is scheduled for Saturday, August 20, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at three different collection locations in Mason, Manistee and Oceana counties. Locations include: Mason County Road Commission, 510 E. State Street, Scottville Manistee County Road Commission, 8946 Chippewa Hwy. (US 31), Bear Lake Hart Department of Public Works, 1010 S State St, Hart Pesticides, oils,…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyHealth #PereMarquetteTownship PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Mercy Health Ludington held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday marking the official opening of its new $3.9 million, 15,000 square-foot health care facility at 5656 W. US 10, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Jebavy Drive and US 10. The new facility offers urgent care, primary care services, lab, imaging and specialty…
#MasonCountyNews #Ludington LUDINGTON — The Makers Market of Ludington and A Few Friends for the Environment of the World (AFFEW) are teaming up to turn trash into art and environmental awareness. By using debris collected from the local shoreline of Lake Michigan, the community is invited to help construct a sculpture of a lake trout, the largest native trout species…
#MasonCountyEntertainment #Ludington LUDINGTON — Tonight’s featured free movie at Rotary Park, “Minions,” is still scheduled. Concessions, selling hot dogs, bratwursts, popcorn and beverages, will open at 7 p.m. and the movie begins about 8:45 p.m.
#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair dairy competitions:
#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair poultry competitions:
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews #Fountain By Rob Alway and Allison Scarbrough. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — Gary Dean Maccune, 2295 N. 34th Street, Sheridan Township, 25, and Louis John Metheny Jr., 37, 823 N. Benson Road, Sheridan Township have been charged with eight felonies apiece in connection with two break-ins overnight. The two were arraigned Wednesday in Mason County’s 79th District Court. The two…
#MasonCountyPeople #MasonCountyBusiness #Scottville DETROIT — Howard Vanderlaan was honored by the Michigan Funeral Directors Association for 50 years of licensure in mortuary science at its recent gathering of members in Detroit. Howard was licensed by the State of Michigan in 1966 and moved to Scottville to begin his career in funeral service. Howard began working for Lloyd Stephens at the…
#WesternMichiganFair #HomemakerOfTheYear By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Char Etchison of Riverton Township didn’t expect to win Homemaker of the Year when she entered exhibits in the Western Michigan Fair’s open class competition. She called it an honor when she was given the award Wednesday night at the fair. Etchison made a patriotic quilt and a dragon-themed quilt…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A GPS unit was stolen from a vehicle Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 11:42 a.m. on Barnhart Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Other Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Wednesday includes: 11:45 a.m., two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10-31 and Brye Road, Amber Township. 12:42 p.m,. harassment, 2400 block of Benson Road, Sheridan Township.…
#WesternMichiganFair PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Majestic Taxidermy of Scottville received the Best Commercial Exhibit entry at the Western Michigan Fair. Mason County Farm Bureau received the Best Non-Profit Exhibit entry award.
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. Deborah Lynne Newcom, 59, of Walhalla passed away at her home on August 7, 2016. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. Leila June Johnson, 95, of Ludington passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Ludington. See…
#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the Western Michigan Fair open class adult exhibits:
#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair youth exhibits.
#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair swine competitions:
#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair goat competitions:
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews #Fountain SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — A 25-year-old Fountain man and a 37-year-old Fountain man are being charged with eight felonies apiece in connection with two break-ins overnight. “On Tuesday, Aug. 9, at approximately 11:10 p.m., Mason County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported breaking and entering to a pole building on East Mavis Road,” states a press release from…
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