LUDINGTON — The Rotary Club of Ludington will hold a dedication of Rotary Park, formerly City Park, on Saturday, May 28 at 4 p.m. The park is located on Ludington Avenue between Lewis Street and Gaylord Avenue. During the program, the park, will be presented to the city. The makeover has included the construction of a new, modern, barrier-free restroom and storage…
LUDINGTON — SCORE, a service of the Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce, will host two free workshops on customer service at the Book Mark, 201 S. Rath Ave. Customer Service 101 This is geared to the employees but management members should sit in so they are in the conversation and can listen to their employees’ perspective. The…
SUMMIT TWP. — Dan Scripps, who is running as a Democrat for the Michigan House of Representatives 101st District seat, will be hosting a town hall meeting Wednesday, May 24 at Summit Township Hall, 4879 W. Deren Road, at 7 p.m. Scripps is the only candidate running for the seat. The 101st House District includes Mason, Manistee, Benzie and Leelanau counties.
Duane J. Baker age 80, of Fountain peacefully passed away on Monday, May 23, at Tendercare of Ludington. Duane was born on September 14, 1935 in Grand Rapids, MI to the late Jack and Irene (Laine) Baker. Duane attended Berlin High School and graduated with the class of 1955. He married Marilyn J. Bekkering on March 26, 1955 in Grand…
Five years ago Meghan McKenzie was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a year after she moved to Ludington to be with her fiancé, Brandon Cory. SLE is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue. It can affect the skin, joints, kidneys, brain, and other organs. The underlying cause of autoimmune diseases is not…
CUSTER TOWNSHIP — The Hart post of the Michigan State Police is investigating a larceny of a boat motor reported Sunday, May 22, at 6:20 p.m. in the 2000 block of South Scottville Road. Other recent local law enforcement activity includes: Sunday, May 22, 2016: – 10:40 a.m., (MSP), larceny, 5000 block of West US 10, Pere Marquette Township. –…
Merle M. Cornell of Ludington passed away on May 24, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center of Ludington. Dennis M. Grant, 64, of Ludington passed away Monday, May 23, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Each year since the early 1900s, a group of veterans gathers about a week before Memorial Day and places flags on the graves of veterans in Lakeview and Pere Marquette cemeteries, a similar ritual takes place at the other cemeteries in the county. The group is a tradition that has been carried on…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Members of the Pere Marquette Township Fire Department were mourning the loss of one of their brothers tonight. Dennis “Denny” Grant, died this afternoon, a day after he was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash in Logan Township. Denny joined the on-call department in 1986 and worked his way up the ranks.…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — The Amber Township board of trustees continued its discussion on whether or not it should enter into a 425 agreement with the City of Scottville to transfer properties owned by two health care providers into the city’s governance. Dr. Lewis Squires, owner of Squires Family Chiropractic, 414 W. US 10, and Dr. Nick Simone of Simone Family…
AMBER TOWNSHIP — The remains of a historic school house that collapsed two years ago will be cleaned up sometime this summer. The Amber Township Board of Trustees approved the cleanup bid of $4,000 from Jabrocki Excavating of Scottville to clean up the Jones School, located at the corner of Johnson and Gordon roads. The school was the original school…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. EDEN TWP. — Three people were injured following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Custer and Hawley roads Monday afternoon. According to law enforcement on scene, the crash occurred about 3:30 p.m. when a Ford Edge crossover, driven eastbound on Hawley Road by a 22-year-old Coral, Michigan woman, apparently went through the intersection and…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. MEADE TWP. — Firefighters were able to prevent a grass fire from spreading to a nearby house and barn Monday afternoon, despite dry conditions and a slight breeze. Free Soil/Meade Fire Department was initially dispatched to 7940 N. Reid Road about 2 p.m. Because of a manpower shortage, the department requested aid from Grant Township Fire Department…
LUDINGTON — A public hearing will be held tonight to receive input on a request for an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District for the building located at 327 S. James St. R. Ship LLC of DeWitt, intents to renovate the former St. Simon Bargain Center in order to provide retail space on the first floor and construct three rental units on…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Property owners in the city who do not mow their lawns will face heftier fines if a new ordinance is passed tonight by City Council. The city already has a grass mowing ordinance, which states that if a property owner fails to cut grass or weeks that have exceeded 10 inches in height, the…
EPWORTH HEIGHTS, Pere Marquette Township — Epworth Assembly will again host its Thursday night Lakeside Series, featuring various topics of interest and free to the public. Each presentation is under an hour and takes place in the Marine Dining Room with a view of Lake Michigan. All programs begin at 8 p.m. The 2016 Lakeside series includes: • June 23: Rapidly Responding to Invasive Species…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LOGAN TWP. — Dennis Grant, 65, of Pere Marquette Township, is in critical condition this morning as a result of a motorcycle crash in southeastern Mason County Sunday afternoon. Dennis, who is the Pere Marquette Township assistant fire chief, was traveling south on Walhalla Road and was entering the eastbound Kinney Road curve when he lost…
Henry “Bill” Leatherman, 62, of Tallman passed away Thursday, May 19, 2016. Arrangements are by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Ludington. Dorothy L. Hiddema, 92, of Whitehall passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016. Arrangements by King Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Ludington. See full list of 2016 deaths here.
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LOGAN TWP. — A 65-year-old Ludington man was seriously injured following a single vehicle motorcycle crash at the corner of Walhalla and Kinney roads Sunday afternoon. The crash occurred after the southbound Yamaha motorcycle failed to initiate the curve onto East Kinney Road, according to Mason County Sheriff Sgt. Derrek Wilson. The man’s 62-year-old wife, a…
Carolyn Janet Brennan, 81, of Riverton Township passed away on May 19, 2016 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. She was born on June 15, 1934 in Ludington, the daughter of the late John and Esther (Nelson) Kiefer. She was a 1952 graduate of Ludington High School. She married Donald James Brennan on April 18, 1953 at Saint Simon Catholic Church in…
Dalynn Marie Baldwin, 78, of Pentwater, peacefully passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at Oakview Medical Care Facility of Ludington. Dalynn was born on August 13, 1937. She was the daughter of the late William and Charlotte Pehrson. Dalynn attended Ludington High School and graduated with the class of 1954. She graduated from the Gale Institute in 1957. Dalynn…
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