#MasonCountyNews #Scottville SCOTTVILLE — The city commission is being asked to consider withholding payment to the contractor of the city’s water main replacement due to the contractor not completing certain work tasks on time. City Manager Amy Williams has asked the city commission to withhold four days of liquidated damages which equals $2,800. She said the contractor has missed project…
#MasonCountyCourtNews #BabyKate By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Sean Michael Phillips is scheduled to appear in 51st Circuit Court at the Mason County Courthouse today at 1 p.m. for a final conference. Phillips is currently serving the fourth year of a 10 to 15 year prison sentence for the unlawful imprisonment of Katherine Phillips. Katherine, also known as “Baby Kate”…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyEmergencyServices A search and rescue exercise will take place in the Manistee National Forest in Free Soil and Meade townships on Friday, Sept. 9 and Saturday, Sept. 10. The exercise is being coordinated by Mason County Emergency Management and will include local, state and federal emergency response agencies. Each county is required to conduct at least one exercise annually,…
#ManisteeCountyNews #MasonCountyNews MARILLA TOWNSHIP (Manistee County) — A 25-year-old Scottville man died following a two vehicle crash at the intersection of 13-Mile and Marilla roads Sunday about noon. Wesley Skinner was a passenger in a minivan that was driven by a 24-year-old Scottville woman. The minivan was struck by a pickup truck, driven by a 20-year-old Hastings man. According to…
#ShakenNotStirred. Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061,promastercarpetcleaning.com. I know what you’re thinking. Sexual assault may be a topic in the future, especially considering a California law on the Governor’s desk awaiting signature. This bill would prohibit probation of anyone convicted of rape. Today’s feature though is about the confusion in a child’s…
#MasonCountyNews #PereMarquetteTownship PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A two-vehicle crash resulted in one of the vehicles striking a house Saturday morning. The crash occurred about 8 a.m. at the intersection of South Pere Marquette Highway and West Chauvez Road. According to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, a GMC Terrain SUV, driven by a 30-year-old Wayland man, was eastbound on Chauvez and…
#MasonCountyNews #BassLakeBoatFire #SummitTownship By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — A 20-foot boat caught fire while docked in Bass Lake Friday afternoon. The 44-year-old boat owner was on the boat when it suddenly was engulfed in flames, Mason County Sheriff Marine Deputy Mark Willis said. The man suffered from minor burns but refused medical treatment. Willis said the man told…
#MasonCountyNews #Ludington By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The destruction of the future Lakeshore Resource Network building at 920 E. Tinkham Ave. early this morning will likely not cause a delay in the projected opening of the facility, which is scheduled for February of 2017. Monica Schuyler, executive director of the Pennies from Heaven Foundation, which is one of the…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Baldwin man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies early Thursday morning, Sept. 1, at Indian River Bridge on South Reed Road shortly after midnight for allegedly pushing another man into the Pere Marquette River; punching him; and attempting to hold his head underwater, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “The incident…
#MasonCountyNews #Ludington By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Fire destroyed the remains of the former Lakeshore Lumber building, 920 E. Tinkham Ave. early this morning. Ludington Fire Department and Ludington Police Department were dispatched to the building at 3:49 a.m. to find the building engulfed in flames. The Lakeshore Resource Network, a nonprofit organization, just held a ceremonial groundbreaking of the…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON — The following were recently arraigned in 79th District Court: Felonies -Ramon Munoz, 32, 204 E. Foster St., Ludington, was arrested August 21 by the Ludington Police Department (LPD) on felony charges of assault by strangulation and domestic violence. Preliminary hearing: September 7 at 11:15 a.m. Bail: $7,500/10 percent.…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyCourtNews By Alan Neushwander. Contributing Writer. LUDINGTON– The following were recently sentenced in 79th District Court: -Patti Sue Schwandt, 44, 8250 E. Johnson Rd., Branch Township, pleaded no contest to assault and battery on August 23 and was sentenced to 17 days in jail with credit for 17 days already served, 93 days discretionary jail for one…
#OceanaCountyNews #US31Crash By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART — “We believe the facts warrant a consequence,” said Oceana County Prosecutor Joseph Bizon after a 25-year-old Ludington trucker was charged with a misdemeanor for rear-ending a family of five and another motorist on US 31 near Stony Lake Road last July. Jonathon William Ashley has been arrested and charged with “violation of…
#OceanaCountyNews #US31Crash By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HART (Oceana County) — The 25-year-old Ludington man who rear-ended a family of five and another motorist on US 31 near Stony Lake Road in Oceana County, July 5, has been arrested and charged with “violation of motor vehicle code causing serious bodily impairment,” according to Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s…
#MasonCountyNews #MasonCountyPoliceNews HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A 57-year-old Ludington man was arrested for operating while intoxicated Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 5:45 p.m. after he reportedly ran the boat he was operating into the back of a docked boat at the Ludington State Park boat launch on Hamlin Lake, according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “There were no injuries reported and…
#MasonCountyEducation SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central Schools, in collaboration with the West Shore Educational Service District implement a Life Skills classroom in the middle school beginning this school year, which begins Tuesday, Sept. 6. The life skills classroom will also include additional space directly across the hallway where students will be able to utilize the additional space for personal belongings,…
#MasonCountyHistory PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — If you ask C. Dale Bannon why he enjoys pretending to be somebody else, he’ll say,” I have a little ‘theater’ in me.” Bannon has become a mascot at Historic White Pine Village over the past few years. You’ll see him portraying Ossawald Crumb, Mason County’s own legendary Paul Bunyan-like folk hero, at most of…
#MasonCountyBirths Recent births are brought to you by Shelby Gem Factory. See more information below. Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise. Christopher Greyson Castaldini, the son of Michelle Raney and Richard Castaldini of Ludington, was born August 27, 2016. Jackson Dean VanDer Zanden, the son of Allyson and Michael VanderZanden of Hart, was born August 30, 2016. If…
#MasonCountyAgriculture #TheLand By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER TOWNSHIP — Over the past decade there has been a rapid growth of microbreweries and brewpubs across the United States. Michigan is ranked as the fifth largest state in terms of number of breweries. As that industry grows, so does the need for the crops that make the beer. One of the…
#MasonCountyDeaths The following recent deaths have been reported to MCP from area funeral homes. H.W. Berry, 92, of Casa Grande, Arizona and formerly of Scottville died August 21, 2016. Arrangements by Wyman Funeral & Cremation Services – Stephens Funeral Home, Scottville See full list of 2016 deaths here.
#SpecialOlympics #MasonCountySports Ryan Hobart and Tina Covarrubias were recently selected as the Area 24 Special Olympics male and female inspirational athletes of the year. Both have participated in Special Olympics for more than 12 years each in sports such as basketball, aquatics, bocce ball and poly hockey. Pictured left to right: Gary Boerema, assistant director, Area 24, Ryan, Jerry Shangle,…
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