Fair dairy winners.

August 11, 2016
Fair dairy winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair dairy competitions:

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Fair poultry winners.

August 11, 2016
Fair poultry winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair poultry competitions:

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Fountain men arraigned for B&E’s.

August 11, 2016
Fountain men arraigned for B&E’s.

#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…

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Vanderlaan honored for 50 years of mortuary service.

August 11, 2016
Vanderlaan honored for 50 years of mortuary service.

#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…

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Etchison is Homemaker of the Year.

August 11, 2016
Etchison is Homemaker of the Year.

#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…

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GPS unit stolen from vehicle.

August 11, 2016
GPS unit stolen from vehicle.

#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.…

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Fair commercial exhibit winners.

August 11, 2016
Fair commercial exhibit winners.

#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.

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Recent death, reported Aug. 11, 2016.

August 11, 2016

#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…

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Fair open class adult exhibit winners.

August 10, 2016
Fair open class adult exhibit winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the Western Michigan Fair open class adult exhibits:    

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Fair youth exhibit winners.

August 10, 2016
Fair youth exhibit winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair youth exhibits.

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Fair swine winners.

August 10, 2016
Fair swine winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair swine competitions:  

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Fair goat winners.

August 10, 2016
Fair goat winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair goat competitions:

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Duo charged with 8 felonies following overnight break-ins.

August 10, 2016
Duo charged with 8 felonies following overnight break-ins.

#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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Idlewild man arrested on 3 warrants, DWLS charge.

August 10, 2016
Idlewild man arrested on 3 warrants, DWLS charge.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 42-year-old Idlewild man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office on three outstanding warrants and for driving while license suspended (DWLS) following a traffic stop Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 5:37 p.m. on US 10, west of Benson Road. The warrants are for contempt of court – failure to appear for operating under the…

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Miniature carnival unveiled at fair.

August 10, 2016
Miniature carnival unveiled at fair.

#WesternMichiganFair By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Ray Genter grew up across the street from the Mason County Fairgrounds. His family raised geese and ducks and the fair played an important part of influencing the type of person he was to become. When he was just a boy, he tried to buy a carnival ride that was left…

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Ludington resident elected national director for Catholic Daughters of America.

August 10, 2016
Ludington resident elected national director for Catholic Daughters of America.

#MasonCountyNews Marialice Sagan was recently elected national director for the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, one of the oldest and largest organizations of Catholic women in the Americas(www.catholicdaughters.org).  She was elected at the organization’s 56th Biennial National Convention in Pittsburgh, attended by 919 members, voting delegates and clergy from across the country. As a national director, Sagan is part of…

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Man sentenced for failing to comply with sex offender act.

August 9, 2016
Man sentenced for failing to comply with sex offender act.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 26-year-old man was sentenced to jail in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 9, for a conviction of failure to comply with sex offender reporting duties. Joseph Lynn Yennior, Jr. was arrested, June 4, by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office after police received an anonymous tip that he was not living at…

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Crashes, thefts top police activity.

August 9, 2016
Crashes, thefts top police activity.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews The following is police activity Monday, Aug. 8, 2016: 6:31 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), drugs, 700 block of Maritime Drive, City of Ludington. 10:37 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), assist Free Soil Fire Department with a vehicle fire, 2500 block of East Michigan Avenue, Village of Free Soil. 12:19 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, M 116 near…

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Fair beef winners.

August 9, 2016
Fair beef winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following are the winners in the 2016 Western Michigan Fair beef competitions:  

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Hesperia man sentenced to prison for break-in.

August 9, 2016
Hesperia man sentenced to prison for break-in.

#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Hesperia man currently incarcerated in prison was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Aug. 9, to a concurrent prison term of 20 months to 15 years in prison for a conviction of breaking and entering. Steven Geno Rice III, of 4820 E. Loop Rd., was also designated as a second-offense…

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Fair sheep winners.

August 9, 2016
Fair sheep winners.

#WesternMichiganFair The following were the winners of the 2016 Western Michigan Fair sheep competitions.

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