Sheriff: Baby Doe not Baby Kate

July 10, 2015

LUDINGTON — Preliminary results from DNA testing shows that the unidentified 4-year-old girl found in Boston, Massachusetts is not Katherine Phillips, also known as Baby Kate, Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole said this morning. Media reports speculated Thursday that the Boston girl, who is being called Baby Doe, may have been Baby Kate. Media outlets, posted computer generated photographs of Baby…

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Scottville public safety committee will discuss police department.

July 9, 2015
Scottville public safety committee will discuss police department.

By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Public Safety Committee will meet Wednesday, July 15 at 4:30 p.m. The meeting has one agenda item, the police department. The meeting has been called by Mayor Dick Macki following an attempt by two commissioners to disband the department during the city commission’s regular meeting Monday, July 6. Committee meetings are open…

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Weekend events: pig roast, car shows, farm and garden tours, FNL and more.

July 9, 2015
Weekend events: pig roast, car shows, farm and garden tours, FNL and more.

Carrie’s Weekend Picks for Kicks Sponsored by All Access Care of Ludington. Located at 329 N. Jebavy Dr. in Ludington; 231-425-4544; www.all-access-care.com. By Carrie Klemm. MCP Writer. Though the Independence Day festivities are over, summer is still in full swing! See what’s happening in your neck of the woods. Breakfast on the Farm. Saturday, July 11, 2015 – 9 a.m.…

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White Pine Village to hold Children’s Day July 18.

July 9, 2015

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Historic White Pine Village will host Children’s Day on Saturday, July 18. Several buildings will have volunteers interpreting their historical significance. Volunteers will be available to help with old-fashioned games. Other activities will include flintknapping and weaving demonstrations.  Johnny Appleseed will be sharing his stories of planting apple seeds while music will be heard throughout the…

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Teens arrested for violating probation

July 9, 2015
Teens arrested for violating probation

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 local law enforcement activity from Wednesday, July 8, 2015: – 2:56 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), a 19-year-old Custer man and 17-year-old Ludington man were both arrested on charges of probation violation following an incident in the 3800 block…

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MSU alumni golf outing.

July 9, 2015

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);…

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Stakenas Farms hosting Breakfast on the Farm Saturday, July 11.

July 8, 2015
Stakenas Farms hosting Breakfast on the Farm Saturday, July 11.

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…

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North Main Street Fair is new addition to Summerfest.

July 8, 2015
North Main Street Fair is new addition to Summerfest.

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…

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Police busy with car-deer crashes

July 8, 2015
Police busy with car-deer crashes

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. –…

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Shakespeare group to meet, continuing ‘Romeo & Juliet’

July 8, 2015

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…

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Badger designated as part of U.S. 10

July 7, 2015
Badger designated as part of U.S. 10

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,…

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Pig roast, art fair, car show in Free Soil Sunday.

July 7, 2015

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…

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Public invited to Trooper Butterfield highway dedication.

July 7, 2015
Public invited to Trooper Butterfield highway dedication.

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…

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WSCC to sponsor drummer at Friday Night Live

July 7, 2015
WSCC to sponsor drummer at Friday Night Live

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…

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Volunteers needed for college’s Muddy Fox Trot 5K.

July 7, 2015

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…

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Still room for sponsors and golfers in Habitat Raise the Roof scramble.

July 7, 2015

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…

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Fountain man pleads guilty to making meth at his grandmother’s house

July 7, 2015
Fountain man pleads guilty to making meth at his grandmother’s house

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…

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Ludington man sent to prison for tether tampering

July 7, 2015
Ludington man sent to prison for tether tampering

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…

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