Vehicle break-in, gas drive-off among police activity

July 22, 2015
Vehicle break-in, gas drive-off among police activity

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. Local law enforcement activity from Tuesday, July 21, 2015, includes: – 4:29 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), noise complaint, services rendered, 100 block of W. State, City of Scottville. – 9:55 a.m., (MCSO), gas drive off, $44.40 in fuel taken, 5600 block…

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Pentwater art students to exhibit creature features at Ludington art center.

July 22, 2015
Pentwater art students to exhibit creature features at Ludington art center.

LUDINGTON – Character Creature Features, a creative collaboration of third and seventh grade student artists from Pentwater Public Schools will be on display at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts Gallery from August 4-29. Carrie Jeruzal, K-12 art educator for Pentwater Public Schools, offered this description for the exhibit: “Third graders came together with seventh grade students from Pentwater Pubic Schools…

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Ludington man gets 14-year minimum for home invasion, other convictions

July 21, 2015
Ludington man gets 14-year minimum for home invasion, other convictions

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 23-year-old Ludington man was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, to 14 years and two months to 30 years in prison for several convictions, including first-degree home invasion. Jon Lloyd MacCune, who was given credit for 330 days served in jail, is also convicted of attempted assault of a prison…

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Lambertville man pleads guilty to car wash break-in

July 21, 2015
Lambertville man pleads guilty to car wash break-in

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 29-year-old Lambertville man is looking at serving 30 days up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, to breaking and entering a coin-operated device for stealing quarters from a local car wash over a year ago. Troopers from the Hart post of…

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Shoplifting leads to jail time

July 21, 2015
Shoplifting leads to jail time

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 33-year-old Ludington woman was sentenced to serve seven months up front of a one-year discretionary jail sentence in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, for a first-degree retail fraud conviction. Tonya Ann Johnson, who pleaded guilty to the charge last month, was arrested in April by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office after stealing…

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Thoreau Piano Trio to perform at arts center.

July 21, 2015
Thoreau Piano Trio to perform at arts center.

LUDINGTON — The Thoreau Piano Trio will perform Friday, July 31 at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts. The members of the trio, which includes violinist Susan Jensen, cellist Darry Dolezal and pianist Paul Jacobs, bring together a world of musical experiences, including performances in major American cities, in Europe, Asia and South America, in concert halls and recording studios, for live…

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Custer man pleads guilty to meth lab charges

July 21, 2015
Custer man pleads guilty to meth lab charges

By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Custer man faces a minimum of eight years in prison in connection to a meth lab bust last January after pleading guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 21, to felonies of operating/maintaining a lab involving firearm/other harmful device and manufacturing methamphetamine. In exchange to Russell Allen Wallager’s guilty pleas to the…

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Spend a summer’s evening with the musical stylings of Bud Summers.

July 21, 2015
Spend a summer’s evening with the musical stylings of Bud Summers.

By Carrie Klemm, MCP Writer. SCOTTVILLE – Continuing the Tuesday Night Concert Series, the Scottville Clown Band Shell will feature Bud Summers, a bluesy rock musician from St. Louis, Missouri. Summers was born with music in his blood. Through his father, a jazz bassist and mother a public school music teacher, he was exposed to music at an early age.…

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Scottville police chief fires back at critical commissioner.

July 21, 2015

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Scottville Police Chief Don Riley fired back at Commissioner Ed Hahn’s recent criticism of Scottville Police Department during his report to the city commission Monday afternoon. At the July 6 meeting of the commission, Hahn supported a motion to disband the police department, which has an annual budget of around $150,000 and employs two…

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Larceny, vehicle break-in among police activity

July 21, 2015
Larceny, vehicle break-in among police activity

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. AMBER TWP. — Mason County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a larceny from a building involving the theft of money from a business in the 3700 block of W. US-10-31 Monday, July 20, at 8:11 a.m. Deputies also responded to a breaking and…

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Obituary: Scott and Melanie Butler, Ludington.

July 21, 2015

Scott M. and Melanie A. (Suman) Butler both age 53 of Ludington passed away in July 2015 following a tragic motorcycle accident. Scott and Melanie are survived by their children, Jaimie (Justin) Chastain of Woodlawn, TN, Ryan Butler of Tampa, FL, Ray (Kim) Sherman of Baldwin, Aaron Butler of Tampa, FL and Cheyenne (Luis) Butler of Ludington; 11 grandchildren and…

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Scottville considers condemning two houses.

July 21, 2015
Scottville considers condemning two houses.

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — The City of Scottville is taking more steps to reduce the blight in town by considering taking steps to condemn to blighted homes. The city has identified the houses at 206 N. Columbia Street and 127 W. Broadway Avenue as being in need of condemnation. They are listed as the top 2 most blighted…

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Bike crash, fugitive arrest among MSP activity

July 21, 2015
Bike crash, fugitive arrest among MSP activity

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. HAMLIN TWP. — An Illinois man sought medical treatment for a possible broken collar bone following a crash involving two bicycles Monday, July 20, at 5:34 p.m. at Jebavy Drive and Fisher Road, according to the Hart post of the Michigan State…

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Obituary: Leonard Jankoviak, 86, Custer.

July 20, 2015
Obituary: Leonard Jankoviak, 86, Custer.

Leonard Peter Jankoviak, 86, lifelong resident of Custer, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Tendercare of Ludington. Leonard was born on June 4, 1929, the first American born member of the family, as both of his parents were Polish immigrants.  He was born on the family farm in Sherman Township to Peter and Nellie (Wiokowski) Jankoviak, and attended…

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Crashes, domestic violence arrest among MSP activity

July 20, 2015
Crashes, domestic violence arrest among MSP activity

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com. The following is recent activity in Mason County of the Michigan State Police, Hart post: Friday, July 17, 2015: – 7:02 p.m., car/bike crash, minor injuries, 5000 block of West US-10, Pere Marquette Twp. Saturday, July 18, 2015: – 12:08 a.m., a…

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Second victim of July 5 motorcycle crash dies.

July 20, 2015

Melanie A. Butler, 53, of Ludington has died as a result of injuries she suffered during a car/motorcycle crash on July 5, 2015 at the intersection of Scottville and Hawley roads in Eden Township. Melanie’s husband, Scott Butler, also 53, died on the scene of the crash. The Butlers were riding north on Scottville Road on a Harley Davidson motorcycle…

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Boater assisted, vehicle crashes, police threatened over weekend.

July 20, 2015
Boater assisted, vehicle crashes, police threatened over weekend.

The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw.com.   HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Deputies from Mason County Sheriff’s Office assisted a boater on Lake Michigan Saturday afternoon after the boat reported taking on water. Sheriff Kim Cole said the boat was struck by several large waves around 3:30 p.m. when it…

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Recent death, reported July 20, 2015.

July 20, 2015

Leonard Jankoviak, 86, of Custer passed away on Saturday, July 18.  Arrangements by Wyman Funeral & Cremation Services – Stephens Funeral Home, Scottville.  List of 2015 deaths on record. 

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Standardized testing and the opt-out movement

July 19, 2015
Standardized testing and the opt-out movement

The Mitten Memo. A blog by Nick Krieger. When I was in school, we were required to take the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP) test every two or three years.  The testing usually lasted a few days.  No one liked it, but we all got through it.  In the last 20 years, however, the amount of standardized testing in Michigan…

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7 easy ways to increase your home’s curb appeal.

July 19, 2015
7 easy ways to increase your home’s curb appeal.

Good Neighbor Tips from Erin Doan, State Farm Insurance, Scottville,www.erindoan.com. Improving your home’s curb appeal is important for you, your neighbors and potential buyers. The exterior of a house leaves a lasting first impression, whether good or bad. Even if you’re not selling, keeping up the lawn, landscaping and facade is an important part of being a good neighbor.  …

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Service club and scouts team up to tidy up

July 17, 2015
Service club and scouts team up to tidy up

Story and photos contributed by Ron Beeber. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Service Club, assisted by several boy scouts from local Troop 1145, picked up litter along US-31 between Monroe and Wayne roads Thursday, July 16. The volunteers were among 2,800 groups in West Michigan and across the state participating in the Adopt-A-Highway program this past week. Three times a year,…

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