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By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — A longtime Scottville tradition may come to end due to lack of business and due to an alleged vandal. The Scottville chicken barbecue, held at the Western Michigan Old Engine Club grounds at Riverside Park, has been part of the town’s summers for many decades. It began as a fundraiser for Scottville Riverside Park…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — Scottville will be ending its Main Street program beginning July 1, which also means there will no longer be a Main Street manager. The Main Street/Downtown Development Authority board met Thursday morning and voted unanimously to end its affiliation with the state Main Street program. The board did not vote unanimously, though, to amend…
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 41-year-old Scottville man was arrested by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for operating under the influence of drugs and possession of Xanax Wednesday, May 13, at 8:54 a.m., following reports…
LUDINGTON — The 2015 Ludington Gus Macker 3-on-3 Charity Basketball Tournament is accepting teams for this year’s tournament. Online registration will be open until June 1. Every team must have four players to register and you can do so by going to http://www.macker.com/local/ludington-mi/. The tournament is scheduled for Saturday, June 20, 2015 and Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Stearns Park.…
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 Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity from Tuesday, May 12, 2015: – 3:20 a.m., alarm activation, 4900 block of W. US-10, Pere Marquette Twp. – 8:30 a.m., alarm activation, 8000 block of…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Spaniola announced today that his office would retry Michigan State Police Trooper Sammy Seymour for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Seymour was arrested on Jan. 17, 2015 by Ludington Police Department and charged with OWI and with open container. OWI is a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum of 93…
Orval W. Smith, 91 of Custer, passed away on January 14, 2015. A Graveside Memorial Service with military and Mason County Rural Fire Authority honors will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 at Riverside Cemetery, Custer with Rev. Norman Letsinger officiating. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Custer Gold Bar VFW Post 5096 in Orval’s…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — Local law enforcement and medical officials are becoming concerned with a recent increase in cases involving teenagers and synthetic substances being ingested via e-cigarette vaporizers and they want the public to know. The Mason County Sheriff’s Office hosted a press conference Tuesday morning which included representatives from MCSO, Michigan State Police, Ludington Police Department,…
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 Ludington Police Department activity from Tuesday, May 12, 2015: – 1:46 a.m., suspicious situation, 200 block of East Fifth St. – 6 a.m., suspicious situation, 300 block of N. Rowe St. –…
LUDINGTON — The May meeting of the Type 1 Diabetes Support Group at Spectrum Health Ludington Hospital will feature a discussion of “Continuous blood glucose monitors—are they a viable option?” The meeting will take place Wednesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. near the fireplace in the hospital’s main lobby. For further information please call Kay Kessel, RN, OCN, at 231-690-4731.
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The drunk driving trial of Michigan State Police Trooper Sammy Seymour has ended as a mistrial due to a hung jury. After deliberating for about 90 minutes, the six jurors came out of the jury room and announced that they could not come to an agreement. At that time, 79th District Court Judge Pete…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON — A 22-year-old Walhalla man who pleaded guilty to numerous charges in 51st Circuit Court last month was sentenced to prison Tuesday, May 12. Nicholas Brian Lauterwasser was arrested last December by the Michigan State Police for felonies of interfering with electronic communications; third-offense domestic violence; and third-offense habitual offender. In a separate file,…
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…
