LUDINGTON – The Community Foundation for Mason County has awarded $136,419 in new grants to community organizations supporting various projects throughout the county. Funding totaling $132,206 came from Field of Interest Funds, Mason County Funds for the Community, and a new Housing Initiatives Fund. Donor advisor grants from the Robert R. & Joan Hasenbank and Carol Nunn Nelson Funds provided $4,163…
MC Memories: The naming of Free Soil. MC Memories is a weekly history column brought to you by Ludington Woods Living and Memory Care. Each week this column will feature a story from our county’s past. #MCMemories #MasonCountyHistory. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. Many of Mason County’s place names have relevance to the time the county was settled in the mid-1800s.…
Sheriff’s office investigating fatal Free Soil Twp. crash. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash that occurred Thursday morning in the 4100 block of East Hasenbank Road. The crash resulted in the death of the female driver, the sole occupant, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle…
Rural Fire Authority to receive $416K grant to buy air packs. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. CUSTER — The Mason County Rural Fire Authority will receive a $416,000 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management. The money will be used to purchase air packs and air filling equipment for the fire authority’s seven fire departments. “This is huge…
Man arrested on 10th drunk driving charge. #MasonCountyNews. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The driver arrested following a roadside drive-off Monday, July 3, on the Mason-Manistee counties had nine previous operating a vehicle while intoxicated charges prior to his 10th arrest Monday. Joseph Edward Booker, 52, of Fenton, was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies Monday afternoon after Mason-Oceana 911 received…
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