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VICTORY TOWNSHIP — The West Shore Community College Student Senate, the Academic Projects Team and Haven are sponsoring an historical lecture and a screening of the film “The Imitation Game.” The film will be shown on Wed., March 16, at 2 p.m. and on Mon., March 21, at 7 p.m., the College will welcome Dr. Colin R. Johnson who will present…
Milan Spencer (Bud) Reed, 91, of Ludington died peacefully Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, surrounded by his devoted wife of 70 years Dorothy Jean and his family. Bud and Dottie lived those 70 years together like two inseparable swans. Though Bud’s health had deteriorated the past three years, he counted his blessings every day, especially the…
Richard Lemire, 75, of Scottville died Tuesday, March 8. Arrangements are pending at Wyman & Funeral & Cremation Services – Stephens Funeral Home, Scottville. See MCP death notice archives here.
The following is recent local law enforcement activity Tuesday, March 8, 2016: – 2:22 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 37-year-old Ludington man was arrested for operating under the influence of drugs following a traffic stop, Pere Marquette Hwy. and Conrad Road., PM Township. – 2:08 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injuries, Stiles and Manales roads, Victory Township. – 2:30…
CALEDONIA — Area 24 Basketball sent 2 teams to district play in Caledonia on March 5, 2016. Both teams played two games apiece in their respective divisions. Area 24 Red Devils played in Division 6 and the Area 24 Tornados played in Division 8. Both teams won their first games. Area 24 Red Devils lost their second game in overtime by 2…
By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 40-year-old Ludington man convicted of tether tampering in Mason County is awaiting extradition to New Mexico to face penalties for violating his parole. Eric Zelek Hoggs, of 724 E. Filer St., was ordered by 51st Circuit Court Judge Susan K. Sniegowski to serve 180 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail…
C Notes: by George C. Wilson. AUBURN HILLS — The Michigan High School Athletic Association conducts the largest high school individual state wrestling tournament in the nation every year. For over a decade the MHSAA has taken over the venerable Palace of Auburn Hills, home of the NBA Detroit Pistons, to put on a spectacle unrivaled by any other state athletic…
By George C. Wilson, contributing writer. AUBURN HILLS — The Mason County Central Spartans concluded the 2015-2016 wrestling season this past weekend with seniors Spencer Knizacky and Logan Merrick leading a group of five teammates to the Palace in Auburn Hills seeking medals in the MHSAA Division 4 individual state wrestling championships. Both Spartan seniors earned individual medals. Logan Merrick…
LUDINGTON — The Mason County Western Fire District’s request for a 20 year renewal of .3 mill passed Tuesday night by voters in the City of Ludington, Hamlin Township and Pere Marquette Township: 3,154 yes and 826 no. The levy raises about $275,000 a year to fund the purchase and upkeep of apparatus for Ludington, Hamlin and Pere Marquette fire…
By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 49-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to a minimum of one-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday, March 8, in 51st Circuit Court for pulling out a knife during a bar fight last summer. Eric Lee Gillespie, of 222 E. Melendy St., pleaded “no contest” to felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon last December. Judge…
By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 19-year-old Ludington man who pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court last month to safe breaking and resisting a police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 8, to larceny in a building and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. Trenton Joseph Espinola, of 222 E. Melendy St., testified Tuesday that he stole approximately six…
By Allison Scarbrough. Courts/Police Editor. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Amber Township man pleaded “no contest” Tuesday, March 8, in 51st Circuit Court to a felony of receiving and concealing stolen firearms, and in exchange for his plea faces serving seven months up front of a one-year discretionary jail term. Phillip Edward Roberts, Jr., of 184 N. Gordon Rd. was arrested…
Milan Reed, 91, of Ludington passed away March 8, 2016 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. See MCP death notice archives here.
Clarence Manley, 69 of Scottville, passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in Grand Rapids. He is now reconnected with his beloved wife Karen in heaven. Clarence was born August 27, 1946 to Harrison and Opal Manley in Ludington, Michigan. Clarence graduated Ludington High School in 1965, soon after graduating he served in the Marines from 1966 to 1967. His…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — City Council is considering selling the city’s fire station along with the parking lot to the east of it. John Wilson of Morris Street, LLC and developer Bob Jacobson have been working with the city to develop a mixed use development in that area, which would include the old bowling alley and old NAPA…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — City Commission will begin discussing the formation of a charter commission during its regular meeting today at 5:30 p.m. at city hall, 105 N. Main St. Scottville’s charter was put in place on Nov. 4, 1958 with the last revisions in 2000. City Manager Amy Williams said she has asked City Attorney Tracy Thompson…
LUDINGTON — The Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Mason County Business of the Year award, the 2015 Mason County Community Service award, and nominations for the Future Five. Deadline for all nominations will be 5 p.m., Monday, April 11, 2016. The awards will be given out in a presentation ceremony at…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital’s Fit Club visited Ludington Area Schools’ Franklin Elementary last Friday to talk about being Smart, particularly when it comes to making healthy choices about smoking. Kathy Grierson and Leona Ashley of Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital demonstrated what a healthy lung looks like compared to a smoker’s lung. The demonstration used…
VICTORY TOWNSHIP – “Breaking the Code,” Hugh Whitemore’s exceptional biographical drama of Alan Turing, the famed English mathematician and computer science pioneer who solved the German Enigma code during World War II, opens at West Shore Community College’s Center Stage Theater on Thursday, March 10. The production is directed by Michael (Mik) Mikula. “Breaking the Code” took London and Broadway by…
LUDINGTON — A 22-year-old Ludington man was arrested after a Mason County Sheriff’s deputy reportedly observed him push and punch a bouncer at the Tiki Bar on Ludington Avenue near Harrison Street Sunday, March 6, at 2:10 a.m. The suspect then reportedly fought with the deputy, punching and kicking him. The bouncer assisted the deputy and was allegedly punched in…
Sean Lee Melin, 76, of Pentwater, passed away March 5, 2016 at Mercy Health Hospital in Muskegon. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. Carol Lynn Erickson, 68,of Ludington passed away March 6, 2016 at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Ludington. See MCP death notice archives here.
