#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old homeless man was sentenced to serve four months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term for a felony conviction of larceny in a building Tuesday, July 19, in 51st Circuit Court for stealing video games from a Ludington apartment. David Robert Southern was also ordered by Judge Susan K.…
#MasonCountyNews #LakeshoreResourceNetwork #MasonCountyPeople PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Wal-Mart Community Grant Program made a donation of $2,000 to the Mason County Mobile Food Truck Tuesday morning. The check was presented during the truck’s monthly food dispersal at Cornerstone Baptist Church, 121 N. Nelson Road. The food truck is part of the Lakeshore Resource Network, whose mission is to provide a…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews The Mason County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to three two-vehicle crashes on US 10 Monday, July 18. The following is police activity Monday, July 18, 2016: 9:50 a.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10 and Nelson Road, Pere Marquette Township. 12:30 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US 10 and Meyers Road, PM Township.…
#MasonCountyNews #SpectrumHealth LUDINGTON — Dr. Nizar Umran has reached a milestone that few have achieved in the Ludington area—40 years in practice in the same community and the same hospital. The 40th anniversary of the founding of the surgeon’s practice occurred Sunday, July 17. His long service was recognized by colleagues at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital early Monday morning, before he…
#LudingtonAreaSchools #MasonCountySports #SpectrumHealth LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area School District and the Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital sports medicine program have teamed up to provide free sports physicals for the school year beginning this September. Physicals for student athletes entering grades 7 through 12 will be held Monday, July 25, from 4 to 7 p.m. at two Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital medical offices—not…
#MasonCountyDeaths Douglas Roland Kelly, 89, of Ludington, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2016. He was born June 14, 1927, in Ludington to Marion and Grace (Woodall) Kelly. He was employed as a water treatment plant operator for the City Of Ludington and also worked at the Mason County wastewater facility. Doug graduated from Ludington High School with the Class 1945.…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — A 27-year-old Scottville woman was arrested by Mason County Sheriff’s deputies for disorderly person and probation violation Monday, July 18, at 3:22 a.m., at US 31 and Fountain Road after she was reportedly found intoxicated lying in the roadway, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. Other weekend police activity includes: Friday, July 15, 2016:…
#MasonCountyEntertainment #Scottville #ScottvilleOptimist #MasonCountyCentral By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Optimist Club will be honoring educators Tuesday, July 19, and, along with the Mason County Central Education Foundation, will present a family friendly evening, which will include an activity night, live musical entertainment and a free movie at the Scottville Clown Band Shell. The evening is the first…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEducation #Scottville #GatewayToSuccessAcademy By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Gateway to Success Academy will begin offering tours to the public, beginning Tuesday, July 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The new charter school, which is still under construction, is located at 526 N. Scottville Road in the former Foster’s grocery market building. The new building, however, is barely…
Dear Editor, I received quite a shock tonight. I clean a local business office on a weekly basis. I actually almost forgot to clean it this weekend, and then at 6 o’clock tonight, I suddenly remembered. I got food, went to the office, ate my dinner quickly, and got down to cleaning. The last step was to take the garbage that the…
Myrna J. Beemer, 88, of Free Soil passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2016 at Tendercare of Ludington. Myrna was born on November 14, 1927 in Lakeview, the daughter of Joseph and Leah (Mitchell) Taylor and graduated from Lakeview High School with the class of 1945. On March 21, 1946, she married the love of her life, Versal Beemer in Lakeview,…
#MasonCountyDeaths #MasonCountyAgriculture Victor Edwin Larson, 67, passed to his rest July 16, 2016, at the family home in Free Soil, Michigan, following a six-year valiant battle with cancer. Born June 7, 1949, in Ludington, Michigan, Victor was the third of eight offspring born of the late Edwin and Margie (Miller) Larson. Victor attended Cedar Lake Academy in Cedar Lake, Michigan,…
#MasonCountyNews #LudingtonLUDINGTON — Ludington Police Dept. has closed Stearns Park Beach and the north breakwater due to high winds and waves on Lake Michigan. Police Chief Mark Barnett reported that five people had been swept off the north breakwater this afternoon. They were assisted to safety by bystanders and no one was seriously injured. The area is closed until weather…
#ShakenNotStirred #MasonCountyPress Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Cell phones. Oh, you knew I’d get to this one… Symbiosis, according to dictionary.com: [sim-bee-oh-sis] 2. psychiatry. a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other. OK, so why did I use the second definition, dealing with psychiatry to illustrate my point? Because cell phones are driving some of us CRAZY! My first episode of insanity and…
#MasonCountyPeople #LifeInCircles Life In Circles by Stephanie Wagner. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. True confession time. This week’s interview feels a little like a cheat. I will readily admit that I chose it so that I could have dedicated time to catch up with an old friend. A beautiful old friend who I haven’t seen in over five…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 19-year-old Ludington man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for domestic violence Thursday, July 14, at 12:33 p.m. following a 911 call in the 3600 block of South Pere Marquette Highway. Other police activity Thursday includes: 9:20 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), warrant arrest, 400 block of Resseguie St., City of Ludington. 10…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in 51st Circuit Court: – Brian Kelly Smith, 26, 411 S. Hart Rd., Hart, pleaded guilty on May 18 to accosting a child for immoral purposes and using a computer to commit a crime. He was sentenced to serve 365 days in jail with credit…
#OceanaCountyNews #PoliceNews #RubyCreek COLFAX TOWNSHIP — Surveillance photos of suspects stealing over $2,500 from the cash register tills during a break-in of the River City Inn, at 8347 E. Washington Road, on the Mason-Oceana counties line, in the Ruby Creek area were released by the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office Friday, July 15. According to Lt. Craig Mast, the break-in…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON – The following were arraigned recently in 79th District Court: Felonies – Marlon Derrick Adams, 50, 14325 Minock St., Detroit, was arrested July 6 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) on felony charges of delivering a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance less than 25 grams, possession of…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON – The following were sentenced recently in 79th District Court: – Antonio Edward Jiminez, 27, 11571 N. Campbell Rd., Meade Township, pleaded guilty on June 27 to allowing a person to drive in violation of the Michigan Vehicle Code and was sentenced to two days in jail with credit for two…
#MasonCountyBusiness #MasonCountyPeople SCOTTVILLE — Paying it forward. It’s a lesson that Ann Belisle learned early in life. “When growing up, an anonymous person did something very special for my family and I will never forget that,” she says. That generosity carries on to this day as Ann serves on the Habitat for Humanity board of director. “I believe in paying…
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