By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 64-year-old Florida woman was injured following a two-vehicle crash on Custer Road just north of Sugar Grove Road about 5:45 p.m. Thursday. According to Mason County Sheriff Deputy Matt Moss, the Florida woman was traveling north on Custer Road in a Chrysler mini van. She was being followed by a 20-year-old Fountain…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. The City of Ludington has pulled a solicitation permit for a book salesperson who has been working throughout Mason County this summer. That person’s sales permit in the City of Scottville expired on June 30. Claire Whitcomb of Azle, Texas has been selling educational books on behalf of Southwestern Advantage of Nashville, Tennessee. Locally, she stays…
Welcome to the world! Recent births are brought to you by Linda’s Baby Shop and Shelby Gem Factory. See more information about these fine businesses below. Births took place at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital, unless indicated otherwise. Matthew Alan Brandel Jr., the son of Magdaelena Martinez and Matthew Brandel St. of Ludington, was born July 3, 2015. Natalya Lopez, the daughter of Erika…
The Weekend Insider by Carrie Klemm, MCP Writer. Sunset Beach Bonfire – Ludington Thursday, July 23, 2015, 8 – 10p.m. Celebrate the beauty that is the Great Lakes State by joining the citizens of Ludington for a bonfire on the beach! Hosted by the Ludington Area CVB, the bonfire is lit at 8p.m. and will be surrounded by live music…
RIVERTON TOWNSHIP — Members of the Western Michigan Old Engine Club were at Thurow Farms Wednesday to cut grain to be used at next week’s show at Scottville Riverside Park. The members use antique machinery to cut and collect the grain and then bring it to the park where it will be used in threshing demonstrations. The show begins Thursday,…
An editorial by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Over the past two Scottville City Commission meetings the topic of the existence of the city’s police department has come up. During the July 6 meeting, a motion was made, and defeated 5-2, to disband the department. During the July 20 meeting, citizens expressed their concerns — on both sides of the issue. The…
The police news is sponsored by Springstead Law Offices, with locations in Hart and Fremont, 231-873-4022 (Hart), www.springsteadlaw. CUSTER TOWNSHIP — A 21-year-old Baldwin man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for operating while intoxicated Wednesday, July 22, at 2 a.m. and his passenger, a 23-year-old Toledo, Ohio man, was arrested on an outstanding Lake County traffic warrant following…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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