By Sydney Scarbrough. Contributing Writer. HART — A Future Farmers of America (FFA) program that sprouted two years ago for students in three local schools has blossomed into a program that covers three counties. Hart-West Shore FFA is in another year at Hart High School and continues to grow in advancements, enrollment and projects. West Shore Educational Service District (ESD) largely…
HAMLIN TWP. — The Ludington & Scottville Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting reservations for the 2015 Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner to be held on Saturday, May 2 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club beginning at 6 p.m. Social hour will feature a live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby in the lounge with Mint Juleps. Women are encouraged to…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A newly formed non-profit organization is paying tribute to veterans by offering a free fishing day on Lake Michigan. Fish On for Freedom will be held on June 25. It is open to any veteran of the Armed Forces. “This is just another way for our community to say thank you to our veterans,”…
District Health Department #10 has partnered with the Michigan State Police and Lakeshore Regional Partners to conduct a tobacco compliance campaign called No Cigs for Our Kids. Over the next several months, undercover tobacco compliance checks will be completed at all tobacco vendors throughout Oceana, Lake, and Mason counties. The campaign is intended to educate vendors about the current law…
VICTORY TWP. — The interview schedule for the five candidates vying to become the fourth president of West Shore Community College has been announced with the first interview scheduled for April 21. With some variation in the order of the meetings, the five finalists will spend a day on the campus and each candidate will be interviewed by the college’s Board…
BALDWIN — Baldwin Elementary music teacher Julie Sherlock, has been selected as a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholar from a national applicant pool to attend one of 21 NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops. The National Endowment for the Humanities is a federal agency that each year supports summer study opportunities so that teachers can work…
LUDINGTON — Sable Points Lighthouse Keepers Association (SPLKA) is seeking volunteers for the summer at its four lighthouses: Big Sable Point in Ludington State Park, Ludington North Breakwater, Little Sable Point in Mears and White River Light Station near Whitehall. “We actively seek fun-loving individuals to assist with our volunteer resident keeper season, helping us to operate these historic…
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. The following is local law enforcement activity from Tuesday, April 14, 2015: – 1:50 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injuries, US-31 and Free Soil, Grant Twp. – 7:20 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash,…
LANSING – Gov. Rick Snyder has joined President Barack Obama’s call for all United States Flags to be lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, April 15 as a day of remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln. The day marks the 150th anniversary of the day the nation’s 16th president died. “We do not lack for reminders of President Lincoln’s actions, which will…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Ludington man, who is currently serving a prison term for probation violation, was sentenced on three separate convictions Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court, adding at least another year and nine months to his time behind bars. Timothy Allen-Dario Lopez was sentenced to concurrent terms with the Michigan Department of…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 34-year-old Scottville man pleaded guilty in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 14, to second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC). Daniel John Cook, who was arrested last December by the Hart post of the Michigan State Police, was facing a first-degree CSC charge, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, and a…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Custer man who faces up to 50 years in prison in connection to a meth lab bust last January rejected a plea deal offered by the prosecutor Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court and is now awaiting a jury trial. Russell Allen Wallager, 30, was arrested Jan. 15 by the State…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old Scottville woman was sentenced in 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, April 14, to serve six months in jail for stealing jewelry from an elderly woman and then pawning it. Tonya Marie Sheffield, 30, of 2611 W. First St., Scottville, was convicted of larceny in a building and second-offense habitual offender stemming from…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A Victory Township woman convicted of embezzling gift cards from the company she worked for was sentenced Tuesday, April 14, in 51st Circuit Court to serve four months in jail, up front, of a nine-month sentence and pay $40,000 in restitution. Valerie Kay Larr, 56, pleaded guilty in February to embezzling between $20,000…
LUDINGTON — Safe Harbor Credit Union is observing Youth Month by teaching area school children about their finances and about philanthropy. This year’s theme is “Wild About Savings.” Kyle Gurzynski, Safe Harbor Credit Union operations manager, said the local credit union is encouraging children to donate items to the Lakeshore Animal Shelter. Children are being taught about personal finance and…
Richard “Dick” A. Klopfenstein, 67, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at University Hospital in Cleveland. Oak Grove Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ludington. List of 2015 deaths on record.
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. LUDINGTON — An attempt to smuggle contraband into the Mason County Jail was thwarted by Mason County Sheriff’s deputies Monday, April 13, at 4:34 a.m. Deputies intercepted possible narcotics that were being mailed to an…
By Allison Scarbrough. OCP Editor. CRYSTAL VALLEY (Oceana Co.) — A Crystal Valley man who was severely burned in a van fire Monday afternoon, April 13, when he attempted suicide by igniting the Ford Econoline in which he was living has died, Lt. Craig Mast of the Oceana County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Joseph Lee Gieske, 54, of 1465 E. Mill Rd., was…
The weather report is brought to you by Urka Auto Center, 3736 W. U.S. 10, Ludington,www.urkaautos.com. Today, April 14, 2015: Sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph after midnight. Sunset: 8:28 p.m. Sunrise: 7:05 a.m. Wednesday,…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Ludington City Council denied a request of a local organization to place signs in the city’s right-of-way in order to promote an Earth Day event during its regular meeting Monday night. A Few Friends for the Environment of the World (AFFEW) will hold an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 18 at the Ludington…
We would like to welcome Cottage Works as our newest advertisers. Our great advertisers are the reason why we can bring this free news service to you. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. AMBER TWP. — Dann and Julie VanDyke fell in love with Mason County and its many inland lakes. In 2003, Dann and Julie bought a cottage on Lost Lake…
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