The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has turned over its investigation of a former Mason County Central coach to the prosecutor’s office. Mason County Press first posted this story on Oct. 18 when it received inquiries from several MCC parents. Shortly after posting, we learned the name of the coach, but chose not to release that name unless charges are filed.…
WEARE TWP. (Oceana Co.) — Dozens of local emergency services personnel paid tribute to Capt. John Thomas Sayles of the Pentwater Fire Dept. Sunday afternoon. The 38-year-old died Wednesday, Nov. 14, as a result of an aortic aneurysm. He is survived by his wife, Melanie, and their three daughters Mercedy, Marissa and Mandi. John was a captain and medical first…
LUDINGTON – West Shore Bank, along with Shop-N-Save of Ludington, Hansen Foods in Hart, and Oleson’s Foods in Manistee, are teaming up this holiday season and challenging area residents and businesses to show their “Spirit of Giving!” This is West Shore Bank’s fourth year to team up with local food store partners to offer special pricing for the purchase of…
Did you ever notice how smooth and inviting a fresh jar of peanut butter looks, when you break the seal and open the jar? It calls to the creative and impish among us, and this is how I began writing in it. “Writing?!” Yes, writing – with a knife, a toothpick, the handle of a spoon. Playing with my food.…
LUDINGTON – The Lakeside Civic Players is currently producing, “The Velveteen Rabbit,” which will play at the Ludington Area Center for the Arts on November 30 at 7 p.m., December 1 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. The Velveteen Rabbit, written in 1922 by Margery Williams, with its pure and simple message about the power of love and…
LUDINGTON — Luke Rangel has several split personalities, at least musically speaking. The Mason County native was recently back here from California visiting family and we got a chance to sit down together. The 35-year-old 1995 Mason County Central High School graduate makes his living, based in Southern California, working in the music industry. He is a renowned sound technician…
Mason County court news as of Nov. 16, 2012 Key: MCSO: Mason County Sheriff’s Office; LPD: Ludington Police Dept.; SPD: Scottville Police Dept.; MSP: Michigan State Police; Pre: Preliminary Examination or Pre-Trial. B&E: Breaking and Entering; OUIL: Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Liquor; DWLS: Driving While License Suspended. 51st Judicial Circuit Court, Judge Richard Cooper…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Members of the Ludington Petunia Parade committee wish to thank the many volunteers who participated in planting and maintaining our petunias during the 2012 season. Because of their commitment, the petunias were beautiful this year. We received numerous compliments from community members, as well as visitors, who appreciated the “parade of color” along our avenue, boulevards,…
MANISTEE — The West Shore Community College Board of Trustees is expected to approve Professor John Wolff’s sabbatical leave request for the winter 2014 during its regular monthly meeting Monday, Nov. 19. The board will meet at the college’s Manistee If approved, Wolff will be developing a web application for use by instructors and students who are engaged in research…
SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Central Board of Education meets Monday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. in the Central Business Office. Below is the agenda available for download: MCC 111912
VICTORY TWP. – Registration for winter semester classes that begin Thurs., Jan. 14, at West Shore Community College is open to both returning and new students. Though the start of winter classes is over a month away, WSCC Director of Enrollment Management Shelby Wagner-Hughes emphasizes the importance of students planning now for the upcoming semester. “Students who register early for…
Paulina Florine Bialek, aged 78 of Rudyard, passed away early Sunday morning, November 11 at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital in Petoskey. She was born on December 1, 1933 to William and Louisa (VorderLandwehr) Shoup at the family home in Custer, the second of eight children. Florine was educated at Weldon Creek School, St. Simon’s in Ludington, Custer High School, and…
LUDINGTON – John Pomeroy of Ludington is one of many patients throughout the region who receive medical care in their home from the Memorial Medical Center Home Care staff. His home care nurse is Debbie Swanson, RN. Swanson has helped him in visits over several months and says she hopes he’ll be ready to “graduate” from home care after a…
LUDINGTON – Memorial Medical Center Home Care, the home care agency of the Ludington hospital, has been recognized as among the top 10 percent in the nation in patient satisfaction. The agency provides approximately 10,000 annual patient visits to homes in Mason, Oceana, Manistee and Lake counties. The local home care group received the “Five Star Excellence Award” from Professional…
MEADE TWP. — WOOD TV 8 has identified the man who died in the Manistee National Forest Tuesday morning as Rich DeBoer of Zeeland. The Grand Rapids television station reported that DeBoer’s family contacted the TV station. DeBoer’s son found him dead in his van Tuesday morning. A family member told WOOD the two were here to go deer hunting.…
Visitation on Saturday, November 17 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Pentwater Fire Department, 486 E Park St, Pentwater, and Sunday, November 18 from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Pentwater Public School gymnasium, 600 E Park St, Pentwater. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. in the school gymnasium following the Sunday visitation. There will be a…
MEADE TWP. — A 54-year-old man was the first county hunting-related death. The Zeeland resident died Thursday morning from what appeared to be asphyxiation caused by a propane heater used to warm the van he was sleeping in, a sheriff’s office report stated. The Free Soil Fire Dept. was first to respond to the man’s hunting camp around 8:30 a.m.…
PENTWATER — The area lost a well-known citizen last night after John Sayles died. John was 38-years-old and leaves behind his wife, Melanie, and their three young daughters. John was a captain on the Pentwater Fire Department and was active in the Western Michigan Old Engine Club. He often drove the club’s 1920’s LaFrance fire truck in parades. According to…
Robert H. Cunningham age 91, of Ludington, passed away on November 13, 2012. The family has entrusted Oak Grove Funeral Home & Cremation Center with arrangements.
LUDINGTON – Patrick Bentley has pleaded guilty to the Jan. 27 murder of his sister, Lacey Bentley and Fernando Ramirez. Patrick Bentley, 21, agreed to two counts of second degree murder with a 45- to 65-year prison sentence Tuesday in 51st Circuit Court. The original charges were open murder. In September Lashawn Marie Whipple, 19, pleaded guilty to second degree…
SCOTTVILLE — Five Mason County Central wrestlers competed at the Border Wars Fall National Wrestling Tournament held at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. To be eligible to compete at the tournament, each wrestler must have placed in the top four at a qualifying tournament. The tournament hosted competitors from Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, New…
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