LUDINGTON — Susan Sniegowski will become the first female judge in Mason and Lake counties. On Tuesday the Ludington attorney defeated Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Spaniola for the seat of 51st Circuit Court judge. Sniegowski will take office on Jan. 1 after Judge Richard Cooper retires after 35 years on the bench. Sniegowski defeated Spaniola with a total of…
LUDINGTON — The polls for the 2014 mid-term elections have closed. Team MCP and Team OCP are out and about and will be providing up-to-the-minute results as the results come in. Follow live feeds on our Facebook (www.facebook.com/MasonCountyPress) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/MasonCoPress) sites, #MCelections. For those of you who do not have social network accounts, you can view the feed on…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 30-year-old Scottville woman appeared in 51st Circuit Court this afternoon where she pleaded guilty to robbing a Scottville gas station in June. Jaralee Chaloux Sobers, of 412 Thornwhild Dr., Apt. 2, pleaded guilty to unarmed robbery and accepted an offer by the prosecutor to serve one year in the Mason County Jail and…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A 21-year-old Victory Township man appeared in 51st Circuit Court today where he pleaded guilty to threatening wedding guests with a gun and also assaulting a pregnant woman. Codie Lee Fink, 21, of 1783 N. U.S. 31, was originally charged with five counts including two counts of felonious assault, two counts of felony firearms…
LUDINGTON — A Hart man will likely spend the next 6 to 30 years in prison for larceny of a Riverton Township home. Daryl Eugene Essex, 32, of 5378 N. 88th Ave., Hart, appeared in 51st Circuit Court this afternoon. He was charged with four counts from the February, 2014 crime including safe breaking (punishable by up to life in…
LUDINGTON — Ludington’s newest Fourth Ward City Counselor, Mike Krauch, is holding a meet and greet on Saturday, Nov. 22 at Pomorski’s Tavern, 1302 S. Madison St. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Krauch will be available to introduce himself and listen to comments, suggestions and concerns of constituents.
CORRECTED: HAMLIN TWP. — A Ludington woman was arrested Monday, Nov. 3, at 7:13 p.m. by troopers from the Hart post of the Michigan State Police in the 3000 block of North Jebavy Drive for domestic assault. Her age was not immediately available. Other MSP activity in Mason County Monday includes: – 7:47 a.m., car-deer crash, Schoenherr and Decker Rds., Branch…
BRANCH TWP. — A 66-year-old Fountain man was arrested and charged by sheriff’s deputies with operating a vehicle while intoxicated second offense Monday evening following a single vehicle crash at Decker and Tyndall roads. There were no injuries as a result of the crash. Other activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office for Monday, Nov. 4, 2014 included: 3:33 a.m.:…
VICTORY TWP. – West Shore Community College is hosting Mental Health Awareness activities happening on the campus Nov. 10-18. The public is invited to attend. Co-sponsored by the college’s Academic Projects team and Phi Theta Kappa honor society, the activities are designed to further the conversations begun by author Steve Luxenberg when he visited the campus recently as part of the Great…
Christopher “Chris” Brian Chimel, age 32 of Scottville, passed away. Chris was born on May 21, 1982 in Ludington, son of Pamela (Schramm) Chimel and the late Rick Chimel. Chris attended Mason County Central High School and graduated with the class of 2000. Chris worked at Solberg’s Marina in Manistee and most recently he worked at Whitehall Industries here in Ludington.…
Mason Arial “Mutt” Tyndall aged 76 of Carr Settlement passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 2, 2014 at his home. Mutt was born on July 12, 1938 on the family farm to Eli and Vera (Brown) Tyndall, and graduated from Mason County Eastern High School with the class of 1957. He served his country in the U.S. Army from 1962-1967 during the…
Recent Michigan State Police activity in Mason County includes: Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 – 12:11 a.m., car-deer crash, US-10 near US-31, Pere Marquette Twp. – 2:57 a.m., traffic policing/vehicle in roadway, Hansen and Stiles Rds., Amber Twp. – 10:25 a.m., car-deer crash, Jebavy and Decker Rds., Hamlin Twp. – 9:59 p.m., car-deer crash, Benson and Decker Rds., Branch Twp. The Michigan…
Sponsored by All Access Care of Ludington. Located at 329 N. Jebavy Dr. in Ludington; 231-425-4544; www.all-access-care.com. By Kate Krieger. Senior Correspondent. LUDINGTON – Linda Saya has overcome a lot in her life and is happy to be alive. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, Linda started her fight to live her life the best way she knew how. She…
The polls open at 7 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 8 p.m. Here are the local candidates and ballot issues you may see on your Mason County ballot: 51st Circuit Court Judge Candidates. Select one: Susan K. Sniegowski, Paul Spaniola. County Commission District 4 (northern Pere Marquette Twp. and Amber Twp.). Select one: Ronnie D. Smith (D), Curtis S. VanderWall (R)-…
SCOTTVILLE — The topic of sewer grinder pumps will come up again tonight during the city commission’s regular meeting. For the past few months, the city, its infrastructure committee and residents have been coming up with a compromise to the issue of the grinder pumps. The pumps were installed at select properties in the early 1990s when the city’s sewer…
SCOTTVILLE — A public hearing on increasing parking fines in Scottville will be held this afternoon during the city commission’s regular meeting. On Sept. 22, the city commission approved a first reading of the ordiance which increases the cost of parking tickets from $10 to $30. If a ticket is not paid within 10 days, the fee increases to $40.…
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By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. EDEN TWP. — Searchers spent several hours in the woods Saturday and Sunday attempting to find Leonard Allen Vunck, the 67-year-old Ludington man who has been missing since Wednesday. Vunck lives at Pineview Apartments on North Washington Ave. On Wednesday, he called a taxi and asked the driver to drop him off on East Hawley Road…
Friday, Oct. 31, 2014: 5:30 a.m.: Suspicious vehicle, 1800 block of West Sugar Grove Rd., Victory Twp. 6:50 a.m.: Single vehicle crash, no injuries, U.S. 31 and Free Soil Rd., Grant Twp. 9:16 a.m.: Illegal dumping, 200 block of North Jebavy Dr., Pere Marquette Twp. 3:04 p.m.: A 25-year-old Marcellus, Mich. man was arrested in the City of Ludington…
UPDATE. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. RIVERTON TWP. — The driver of the vehicle that ran into a ditch at the end of Hoganson Road this morning has been transported to Spectrum Health’s Buttworth Hospital in Grand Rapids. Kristi Lynn Cherry, 22, of Pentwater, left Hanson’s house this morning and was driving her Ford F-150 north on Hoganson Road. Hoganson ends in…
EDEN TWP. — A search is underway for Leonard Allen Vunck, a Ludington man who has been missing since Wednesday. Jamie Killips is organizing the search party that began at 11 a.m. at Whiskey Creek Campground. Searchers were being asked to wear bright clothing, bring water and a charged cell phone (however, cell phone is very weak in that area). On…
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