PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — A Michigan State University Mason/Oceana counties alumni golf outing is being held Friday, Aug. 14 at Lakeside Links Golf Club on Chauvez Road. The four-person, 18-hole scramble starts at 1 p.m. and anyone is welcome to participate. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Mason/Oceana MSU Alumni Association. The cost is $75 per person (non-member/limited member);…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SHERMAN TOWNSHIP — There’s just something about having a meal on a farm. I was lucky to be able to catch lunch when I visited Stakenas Farms on Tuesday. As I rolled up to the barn I was greeted by Bill Stakenas and his son-in-law Seth Earl. Ed “Duke” Stakenas, the family patriarch, was cooking hamburgers…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — The annual Scottville Summerfest takes place this weekend with events Friday through Sunday. See related story here. One of the events that is new this year is the North Main Street Fair, which will put emphasis on the businesses that are located north of State Street. Summerfest has traditionally been centered around Main Street…
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 activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, July 7, 2015: – 6:05 a.m., car/deer crash, no injuries, Sugar Grove and Stephens, Sherman Twp. – 3:02 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injuries, US-10 and Pere Marquette Hwy, PM Twp. –…
LUDINGTON — The Shakespeare Reading Group continues its reading of “Romeo and Juliet” when it meets Thursday, July 9 at 7 p.m. at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts. The group takes up with Act III. The interactive Shakespeare Reading Group is open to all who have a “Love of Shakespeare.” The group meets once a month for about…
LUDINGTON — The S.S. Badger has officially been designated as a continuance of U.S. 10. Since 1926, the highway has been broken into two segments, Bay City to Ludington then Manitowoc, Wisconsin to Fargo, North Dakota, divided by Lake Michigan. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has now designated the Badger as part of the route. AASHTO is a nonprofit,…
FREE SOIL — There are lots of activities going on in Free Soil Sunday afternoon. The day will feature a pig roast, arts and crafts fair and a car show. The Free Soil Community Schools Alumni Association will hold its second annual Arts & Crafts Fair at the Free Soil Town Hall, located on Michigan Street, on Sunday, July 12…
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — The public is invited to attend the dedication ceremony of the Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield Highway on Monday, July 13, 2015 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club, 1527 N. Lakeshore Dr./M-116. M-116 from the Lincoln River to the Ludington State Park is being dedicated in honor of Trooper Butterfield who was killed in the line of…
LUDINGTON – Kevin DePree, of SoundIsRed, will bring his distinctive talent and his custom drum driven electronic music show to Ludington’s Friday Night Live for two performances on July 17, in downtown Ludington. The show will be staged near the Sandcastles Children’s Museum at 6 and 8 p.m. DePree has been hinting, on several social media channels, that he is working…
VICTORY TOWNSHIP – Organizers of the Muddy Fox Trot, a family-friendly mud run with a boot camp style obstacle course, are seeking about 40 volunteers to work on July 11, as monitors along the 5K course which will be located on the West Shore Community College campus. The mud run will benefit the WSCC Foundation student scholarship fund. Two volunteer shifts…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP – Habitat for Humanity of Mason County will hold its second annual Raise the Roof Golf Scramble on Saturday, July 11 at Lakeside Links Golf Club. The tournament is one of the organization’s main fund raisers and organizers boast that it’s a little different than other golf tournaments. The tournament will of course include golf. But, it…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 27-year-old Fountain man pleaded guilty to felony charges of maintaining a meth lab and manufacturing meth in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, July 7. Travis Michael Shaull’s plea agreement calls for a six-month jail term, followed by boot camp or Special Alternative Incarceration (SAI), and his double-penalty enhancement on the charges will be…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 22-year-old Ludington man was sentenced to one and a half to three years in a Michigan Department of Corrections prison for tampering with an electronic monitoring device and second-offense habitual offender in 51st Circuit Court on Tuesday, July 7. Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola said Zachary Alan Shurlow was on parole for…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 46-year-old Fountain man was ordered to a seven-month tether term during a one-year discretionary jail sentence for two counts of receiving and concealing firearms and fourth-offense habitual offender Tuesday, July 7, in 51st Circuit Court. Arthur Warner Tyra, Jr., who is free on 10 percent of a $25,000 bond, was arrested last…
By Carrie Klemm. MCP Writer. SCOTTVILLE – Continuing with the Tuesday Night Concert Series, Awesome Distraction will take to the stage at the Scottville Clown Band Shell Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7p.m. Awesome Distraction formed in 2011 as a collaboration of the musical genius of Nick Veine, age 19 and Kyle Garber, age 18, both from Manistee. In 2013,…
Editorial by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Police protection in the City of Scottville costs most taxpayers less than $16 a month. That’s less than cable or satellite television or Internet. It’s certainly less than water and sewer. We’ll get back to that but I wanted you to see that in hopes that you read on. During the regular meeting of the…
VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Stiles Road, between Beyer and Townline roads, will be closed Wednesday, July 8, beginning at 7 a.m. for culvert repairs. The project is expected to be finished the end of the day. Motorists are asked by the Mason County Road Commission to seek an alternative route.
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 Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Monday, July 6, 2015: – 9:56 a.m., breaking and entering, 2200 block of W. US-10, Amber Twp. – 1:14 a.m., larceny of prescription medications, 4200 block of E. Dewey, Sheridan Twp. – 11:15 a.m.,…
PENTWATER — The residents of the Spinnaker Condominium complex that overlooks Pentwater Lake in the village evacuated the building Tuesday morning, July 7, due to a fire in an upstairs unit that was quickly extinguished. Pentwater and Hart fire departments, along with Oceana County EMS, were dispatched to the scene at approximately 6:30 a.m. No one was injured in the…
SCOTTVILLE — During its regular meeting Monday night, the Scottville City Commission voted 4-2 to turn down a motion to disband the city’s police department. See story here. Here is an MCP survey related to that topic: Create your own user feedback survey
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Two city commissioners attempted to disband the city’s police department Monday night, and failed. Commissioners Don Pasco and Ed Hahn presented a motion to dissolve the city’s police department. The motion was defeated by a 5-2 vote, Pasco and Hahn being the only commissioners voting in favor. Pasco began the conversation by asking City…
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