By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 38-year-old Ludington man is looking at serving 10 months in jail after pleading guilty to assault by strangulation in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 12. Joseph Otto Chamness was arrested Dec. 11 by the Ludington Police Department for a 10-year felony of assault by strangulation and second-offense domestic violence. Chamness, who is currently…
Leonard Allen Vunck, 67, of Ludington passed away on October 29, 2014. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ludington. List of 2015 deaths on record.
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The 22-year-old Ludington man who was arrested last December after making a false bomb threat to Tendercare of Ludington was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, May 12. Dayvin Michael Flickinger was ordered to one year discretionary jail with eight months up front, and if he is accepted into inpatient treatment, Judge Susan…
Click to the left of the timer on the left to begin. A white square should appear. Editor’s note: Today MCP introduces our first podcast. We plan on regularly providing these audio stories featuring community events. They will also soon be available for subscription on iTunes. By Kate Krieger. MCP Correspondent. LUDINGTON — Area 24 Special Olympics will be holding…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — The case against a 26-year-old Scottville man accused of felonies of assault by strangulation and interfering with electronic communications, along with a misdemeanor of domestic violence, is being scheduled for trial in 51st Circuit Court. Jason Matthew Kapala, who was arrested last March by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office, is free after posting…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 45-year-old Hart man who stole approximately $1,500 in merchandise from the Ludington Walmart with his wife last December will spend the next three months on an electronic monitoring device or tether. Randy Alan VanDerZanden and his wife Melinda Ann VanDerZanden, 31, were arrested, Dec. 1, by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office. He…
The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. AMBER TWP. — Troopers from the Hart post of the Michigan State Police were dispatched to a suspicious situation Monday, May 11, at 8:07 p.m. near the intersection of US-10 and US-31 where a suspect…
Ludington-based photojournalist Ryan Spencer Reed has been announced as the winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Public Award 2015. Now in its second year, the Public Award is organized in conjunction with the photo-competition platform www.i-shot-it.com. Visitors to the website were able to vote for their favourite submission from a pool of pre-selected finalists. Reed won by a large margin with…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville Main Street portion of the city’s Downtown Development Authority may cease to exist after June due to an error in distribution of its funds. The DDA is a specially assessed part of the city’s central business district. Typically, Scottville property owners pay taxes that are distributed into millages for the city, the…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — City Commission approved the 2015-2016 city budget Monday during a special meeting. The meeting was called because commissioners found discrepancies in the budget during the commissions regular meeting last Monday. Among those discrepancies was an approximate $12,000 error under the line item of “city hall.” City Manager Amy Williams said the error was due…
Helen (Ruthven/Fiers) Rust, 96, of Ludington passed away on May 10, 2015 at Oakview Medical Care Facility. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ludington. Nancy Brooks, 84, of Ludington, passed away on Monday, May 11, 2015. Arrangements by Wyman Funeral & Cremation Services – Stephens Funeral Home, Scottville. List of 2015 deaths on record.
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The 79th District Court trial of the City of Ludington vs. Sammy Seymour began this morning. Seymour, a Michigan State Police trooper, was arrested on Jan. 17, 2015, by Ludington Police Dept. and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. A six person jury, consisting of three men and three women, was seated for…
The police news is sponsored by VanderHaag Car Sales of Scottville, 231-757-2727, www.vanderhaagcarsales.com and Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart),www.springsteadlaw.com. PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — A 36-year-old Ludington man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct Saturday, May 9, at 12:39 p.m. following a disturbance in a wooded area off…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LOGAN TWP. — Leonard Allen Vunck has been identified as the man who was found dead in the river Friday night, according to the Michigan State Police. Vunck, 67, of Ludington, had been missing since October 2014, when he hired a taxi to pick him up from his home at Pineview Apartments and to drive him out…
AMBER TWP. — Cadette/Senior Girl Scout Troop 4320 will be holding Mason County’s first Drive-Through Cookie Booth, Saturday, May 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mason County Reformed Church, located at the corner of U.S. 10-31 and Amber Road. Enter at the second drive off Amber Road. All varieties are $4 per box. This is the last day Girl Scout…
LUDINGTON — A public blood drive will be held at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital on Thursday, May 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Everyone who attends to donate will be entered in a drawing for a $100 Meijer gift card. The blood collection event will be conducted by the hospital’s blood supply partner, Michigan Blood, in the classrooms on the lower…
West Shore Bank, through its website, is reporting that it has received complaints from customers about a recent text message scam. Text messages apparently are claiming to be from West Shore Bank and state that the customers’ MasterCard debit card is suspended. “West Shore Bank does not currently send text messages to its customers unless subscribed and requested through mobile banking,” the fraud…
The Mitten Memo. A blog by Nick Krieger. In the wake of the voters’ overwhelming repudiation of Proposal 1 last Tuesday, nearly everyone in Lansing is talking about a “Plan B” to fix the roads. Some observers favor raising the gasoline tax only. Others have discussed borrowing against or raiding restricted funds such as the Catastrophic Claims Fund or the…
Recently, 18 students, enrolled in the West Shore Educational Service District Career and Technical Education Allied Health program and one post-secondary student attending West Shore Community College, competed at the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) State Leadership Conference. The competition took place on April 16 and 17 at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. Eight students were state finalists,…
LUDINGTON — About 175 people participated in this year’s Hospital Hustle running/walking event that was held Saturday. The event’s purpose was to raise awareness of community wellness and exercise and to raise money for Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital’s birthing center.
Editor’s Note: Sustaining a community and keeping it vibrant requires diversity on many levels, especially among age groups. An unintended movement the last few years has been the increased number of millennials who have taken a role in community and business leadership in Mason County. A millennial, also known as Generation Y, is defined as a person who was born…
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