LUDINGTON – The preliminary court examination of Lowell Fetters has been delayed. Fetters is accused of shooting Ludington Police Sgt. Dave Maltbie, and shooting at other police officers, along with several other crimes. Fetters’ prelim was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. today. Fetters sat in the courtroom, his family members – who did not speak to him – sat behind him,…
LUDINGTON – Wind turbines and commissioner compensation were the dominant topics of discussion Tuesday night for county commissioner candidates. All but one of the candidates running for county commission attended a candidates’ forum at Ludington City Park. Commissioner Rich Morong, who is running for District 6, did not attend Tuesday’s forum, nor did he attend last week’s forum sponsored by…
Three former Mason County sheriffs have endorsed Kim Cole for sheriff. A letter was recently printed on a Facebook site with two of the sheriffs’ written endorsements. Bob Englebrecht, Larry Steward and Laude Hartrum have all publicly endorsed Cole. “In 1985 Kim and I began working together as marine officers at the sheriff’s office,” Hartrum wrote. “Over the next…
There will be another candidates’ forum Tuesday evening at Ludington City Park. Last week MasonCountyPress.com and WMOM FM 102.7 presented the first area forum, which was held in Scottville. The forum focused mainly on the Aug. 7 primary. This week’s forum is sponsored by another media outlet. We believe it is important for the voters to be informed which is…
Story and Photos by Rob Alway, Editor SCOTTVILLE – About 150 people attended Monday’s Candidates’ Forum at the Scottville Clown Band Shell. The event was sponsored by MasonCountyPress.com and WMOM FM 102.7. Participants included several of the county commissioner district races, county treasurer, county surveyor, clerk, prosecutor, register of deeds, probate judge and sheriff. During the event, audience members were…
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