VICTORY TWP. — High winds caused damage to the West Shore Community College Recreation Center pool roof Tuesday morning. The college is reporting the pool is closed until further notice. If you have questions please contact Josh at 231.843.5543. Photo by Miranda Beebe
CUSTER — The Mason County Eastern board of education will hold a special meeting tonight to vote on the resolution to annex Free Soil School District. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the high school library. The resolution is the only agenda item.
UPDATE: PERE MARQUETTE TWP. — An 88-year-old Pentwater man was air lifted to a Grand Rapids hospital Monday night following a two car accident on Pere Marquette Highway at Chauvez Road. According to witnesses on the scene, a truck driven by a 57-year-old Ludington man was heading south on PM Highway about 6:20 p.m. The driver of the truck was…
From the National Weather Service, Mason Co under wind advisory: 1048 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 …WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * LONG DURATION WIND EVENT EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY. * THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ON TUESDAY. * NORTH WINDS WILL GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND WILL INCREASE…
LUDINGTON — Lake Michigan Carferry Service has announced the SS Badger will not be sailing Tuesday due to extreme weather conditions. The National Weather Service is predicting Hurricane Sandy’s impact will be reached all the way to the Great Lakes. Winds to gale force (34-47 kts) are expected on Lake Michigan today through Tuesday with large waves steadily building into…
LUDINGTON –Governor Rick Snyder will be in Ludington Saturday for an event at the Stearns Hotel. The stop, tentatively scheduled from 3:15 to 3:30, is part of the Believe in Michigan: Jobs First Bus Tour, a last minute campaign stop on behalf of Republicans running for election. Snyder may be accompianied by Lt. Gov. Brian Calley, Attorney General Bill Schuette,…
Story and photos by Miranda Beebe VICTORY TWP. – Carolina Rossi is an Italian/German exchange student who arrived from Milan, Italy on Aug. 25. She’s enrolled in her senior year at Mason County Central High School. The 17-year-old loves to cook and can speak Italian, German, Spanish (but would need to refresh a bit), English and Latin. “America is cool, and there’s…
LUDINGTON – Unique holiday trees and wreaths will be auctioned Sunday, November 4, at the Memorial Medical Center Foundation’s annual holiday brunch. The fundraising event will take place at AM Galleries, 115 W. Ludington Ave., starting at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.00, which includes the brunch and a chance to win more than 15 door prizes. “We’ve received many enthusiastic…
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LUDINGTON — Ludington Police Officers arrested a man in his ’50s this afternoon after he had upset a Republican Party office volunteer at the GOP office at the Stearns Hotel on East Ludington Avenue. “I think he went into the office to speak his mind,” LPD Sgt. Dave Maltbie said, “and the worker there felt threatened.” Maltbie said the man…
Mason County court news as of October 26, 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. 79th District Court, Judge Peter Wadel Arraignments Shane…
CUSTER – Today, we said goodbye to Johnny and Maisie Urban. Hundreds of people showed up for the funeral at St. Simon Church in Ludington followed by the burial at Custer Riverside Cemetery and then the wake in the Big Room at Johnny’s of Custer. It is amazing the impact these two people had on multiple generations of people in…
LUDINGTON — Memorial Medical Center issued a press release stating that there is no meningitis concern related to the hospital or the pain clinic at the hospital, operated as part of the practice of Michael Greenslait, DO. Neither the hospital nor the pain clinic use the steroid medication implicated in the outbreak (Methylprednisolone Acetate), or any other products from NECC,…
LUDINGTON – Memorial Medical Center’s board of directors has officially approved the officers elected by the medical staff for 2012-13. Steven Strbich, DO, is the hospital’s new chief of staff. Other officers are Bret Autrey, DO, vice chief of staff, John Persson, DO, secretary, and members-at-large David Gadzinski, MD, and Marc Keen, MD. Dr. Strbich is medical director for the…
SCOTTVILLE – Dr. Lewis Squires, a doctor of chiropractic and chairman of the Mason County Board of Commissioners, was recently awarded the Michigan Association of Chiropractors’ Kirk A. Lee, DC, Community Champion Award. Dr. Squires is the inaugural recipient of the award, which will be given yearly to a Michigan chiropractor “in recognition and appreciation of their unselfish commitment to…
SCOTTVILLE — Law enforcement continues to investigate a “suspicious situation” that occurred Wednesday afternoon near the Dollar General Store. Two children were approached by a man in a vehicle who asked them if they “wanted a pop,” according to a Mason County Sheriff’s Office report. “When they declined, he drove away,” the report stated. The two children then went to…
LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Jaycees will be hosting Haunted Mini Golf on Saturday, October 27 and Sunday October 28. The Jaycees mini-golf course will be transformed into a haunted, spooky setting with Halloween decorations throughout the 18-hole miniature golf course. This is a family-friendly event and the patrons are s welcome to dress is Halloween attire. The hours of…
LUDINGTON – Two people have been arrested in connection with last week’s suspected arson fires in Ludington and Sunday’s breaking and entering of the Wishing Well gas station in Pentwater Township. SEE VIDEO OF WISHING WELL ROBBERY BELOW On Monday, Travis Malone, 17, Ludington, was arraigned in Oceana County District Court for breaking and entering of the Business U.S. 31…
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