Employment: Upper Elementary Special Education Teacher Mason County Central School District is hiring an Upper Elementary Special Education Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. See details and apply online at www.mccschools.org. Job ID #626 Application deadline: Aug. 13, 2025 at 4 p.m. This is a paid posting. Published until Aug. 13, 2025.
Did Ernest Hemingway spend the night in Scottville? Find out on Rob Alway’s latest Great Lakes History Log podcast: Click here. Be sure to subscribe to the Great Lakes History Log here. Presented by: Filer Credit Union features offices in Manistee, Ludington and Bear Lake, 800-595-6630, www.filercu.com The Mason County Historical Society is a non-profit charitable organization that was founded…
MANISTEE — Manistee Harbor Tours will hold a Friday Family Day Cruise on Aug. 1 from 2 to 4 p.m. The 65-foot-long Princess will leave its berth along the Manistee River in downtown Manistee and travel along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The boat’s bar will be serving Shirley Temples along with other non-alcoholic drinks (and some adult beverages for the…
LUDINGTON — Staircase Youth Services and the Ludington Area Jaycees will hold its annual free Back to School Backpack Bonanza on Wednesday, Aug. 13 at the Ludington Area Jaycees’ Mini Golf at Stearns Park from 3 to 6 p.m. At check-in youth will receive a backpack and can start their free round of mini golf. At each mini golf hole…
Employment: LAC Farm to School Lunch Director This is a paid posting. Published until Aug. 13, 2025.
This Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of Filer Credit Union, with offices in Manistee, Ludington and Bear Lake, www.filercu.com and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. Read Part 1: Chuck Leonard here. Story Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributor; photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — July 23 found…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Firefighters responded to a fire at a house under construction at 503 W. Haight St. today, Monday, July 28, 2025. Ludington Fire Department was dispatched at 10:52 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters from Ludington Fire Department reported heavy smoke coming from the eaves of the house, particularly on its west side. The nearly-completed house is…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — The 51st Western Michigan Old Engine and Tractor Show begins Thursday, July 31 and will continue until Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Western Michigan Old Engine Club show grounds at Riverside Park. This year’s featured tractor is the Massey Ferguson tractor. But, the show will feature a variety of equipment and displays. The schedule…
MASON COUNTY — The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a heat advisory that includes a large portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, including Mason County, for Monday, July 28, until 9 p.m. Heat index values up to 101 degrees are expected. Hot temperatures and high humidity can cause heat illnesses. The advisory area includes portions of central, south…
By Alan Neushwander, Contributing Writer LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court: Felonies -Tiffany Layne Miller, 41; possession of a controlled substance — methamphetamine/ecstasy; arrested Nov. 22, 2024 by Ludington Police Department; arraigned July 21; preliminary hearing: Aug. 6; bail: $5,000 personal recognizance. -Timothy Lee Davis, 36; possession of a controlled substance — methamphetamine/ecstasy,…
Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Mason County Central’s Victory Early Childhood Center recently was awarded with the MI HEARTSafe School Award, a designation earned until the end of the 2026-2027 school year. The MI HEARTSafe School Program is dedicated to ensuring schools are prepared for…
The Mason County District Library will host a program on bees today, July 28 at the Ludington library and Wednesday, July 30 at the Scottville library. Both free programs begin at 1 p.m. The program will feature beekeepers Candace Casados and Tim Fournier. The Ludington library is located at 217 E. Ludington Ave. in Ludington. The Scottville library is located…
The following is police activity in Mason County over the weekend: Friday, July 25, 2025: 8:13 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 52-year-old Eaton Rapids man was arrested for domestic assault following a 911 call, 7300 block of East Barothy Road, Branch Township. 1:22 p.m., (MCSO), hit-and-run crash, no injury, 4400 block of West Decker Road, Victory Township. A vehicle…
LUDINGTON — The Mason County National Night Out and Prepare Fair will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 5 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Loomis Street Boat Launch. Local first responders will be at the event with various demonstration. They will also discuss with participants about preparing for an emergency. The event will include food trucks and ice cream.…
Terry Lee Simons, 73, of Ludington, died on Sunday, July 27, 2025. Arrangements by Grace Funeral Home and Cremation Services, formerly Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington, www.GraceCremations.com. Listing of 2025 deaths. Listing of 2024 deaths. Listing of 2023 deaths. Listing of 2022 deaths. Listing of 2021 deaths. Listing of 2020 deaths. Listing of 2019 deaths __________ Please Support…
SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 40-year-old Carson City, Mich. man died of a probable drowning Saturday evening following an incident in Bass Lake. Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole said emergency crews were called to the 7100 block of South Lakeshore Drive for a report of a person who had fallen off a jet ski and was floating face down in the…
Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Waterfront Park was packed Saturday evening, July 26, for the first of two West Shore Bank Rhythm & Dunes concerts. The free community concert featured the tribute band Monsters of Yacht, along with the Mason County Central High School marching band as its warm-up. On Saturday, Aug. 2, Klay N the Mud will…
SHELBY — Shelby State Bank, in partnership with Great Start Collaborative and the Community Foundation for Oceana County’s Read Early, Read Often program, will soon offer literacy corners in each of its 10 branches. Studies have shown that having books in a child’s home significantly impacts their future literacy as much as the education levels of their parents, and literacy…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Thursday, July 24, 2025: 10:19 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 33-year-old Hart man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County failure to appear warrant following a traffic stop, West Shore Community College parking lot,…
Margaret Jane McKee, 64, of Fountain, formerly of Battle Creek, passed away on Monday, July 21, 2025. Maggie was born on March 12, 1961, the daughter of Evie Cress. She attended Battle Creek High School. She was employed as an in-home care giver, in Des Moines, Iowa, for six years. Known as a fruit loop by her family members, she…
This MCP Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of House of Flavors Restaurant of Ludington and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributor In my first article on the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit I spent quite a bit of time with Dep. Mike Fort (who is in charge of the unit)…
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