SCOTTVILLE — The Scottville City Commission voted Monday, Jan. 13, to eliminate the city police department. The action was the result of a deficit the city is facing, according to Interim City Manager Clarence Goodlein. Last fall, Interim City Manager Clarence Goodlein reported to the commission that the city was nearly $500,000 in debt due to various incidences of overspending…
LUDINGTON — The following were sentenced recently in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court: – Robert Edwin Reynolds II, 33, pleaded guilty Oct. 29 to methamphetamine possession and was sentenced Jan. 14 to 14 months to 20 years in prison with credit for 45 days served in jail and $198 in fines and costs. – Liltrese Lynnette Childers, 39, pleaded guilty…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025: 11:38 a.m., a 39-year-old Ludington woman was arrested following a 911 call reporting a domestic assault, 3600 block of South Pere Marquette Highway, Summit Township. “During the arrest, the…
The birth announcements are a presentation of West Shore Bank, providing service to Mason, Oceana, Manistee, Muskegon, Benzie, and Grand Traverse counties; www.westshorebank.com. Gunner Leroy Peterson, the son of Aubrey Parcher and Nathaniel Peterson of Scottville, was born on Monday, January 13, 2025. Unless indicated, births occurred at Corewell Health Ludington Hospital. List of 2024 births List of 2023 births …
LUDINGTON — The Ludington Police Department has announced a barge is expected in Pere Marquette Lake between 7 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 15. The barge is destined for the Oxy Chemical dock on the east side of the lake near Copeyon Park. It will be breaking ice, making the ice unsafe. In a statement from the police department,…
LUDINGTON — The 10th annual Pure Ludington BRRRewfest will take place from 1 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Legacy Plaza in downtown Ludington. The event is coordinated by the Chamber Alliance of Mason County with proceeds supporting the Friends of the Ludington State Park. The event offers an afternoon filled with product sampling, live music, food, and…
LUDINGTON — The application period for the 2025 Momentum Business Plan Competition is now open until March 24. The competition will award $15,000 cash to a small business, plus a $10,000 in support services. Any Mason County for-profit or non-profit venture with a viable business idea, plan or invention, or existing organization or company with less than $250,000 in sales…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Monday, Jan. 13, 2025: 1:10 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 40-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for assault and battery, 100 block of East Melendy Street, City of Ludington. She was lodged in the Mason County…
Curtis Lon Griffis, Sr., 76, of Ludington, passed away on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Curt was born in Hart, on July 16, 1948, the son of the late Raymond and Evelyn (Cluchey) Griffis. He attended Hart High School but later went on to earn his GED. He attended West Shore Community College, and took a few classes he found enjoyment…
West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press and Oceana County Press. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Mason-Lake-Oceana Great Start Collaborative will present a book walk on Saturday, Jan. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Ludington State Park. The book walk is being held in conjunction with the lantern-lit hike…
West Shore School News is a presentation of West Shore Educational Service District in partnership with Mason County Press. VICTORY TOWNSHIP — On Saturday, Jan. 4, during the high school FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition held at West Shore Community College, representatives of robotics teams from Ludington High School, Hart High School and Mason…
LUDINGTON — The Mason County Michigan Democratic Party will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, by collecting items for the “Cares” community boxes. Representatives will be at the Ludington Cares box located at the Ludington branch of the Mason County District Library, 217 E. Ludington Ave. (box is located on…
MASON COUNTY — Several west Michigan counties, including Mason County, are under a winter weather advisory that begins Monday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. and continues until Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 1 a.m. Other west Michigan counties impacted include Oceana, Lake, Newaygo, Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent, Allegan, Barry, Van Buren and Kalamazoo. Lake effect snow and areas of blowing and drifting…
LUDINGTON — FiveCAP will hold a Walk for Warmth fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 8. Proceeds raised a the event will help raise money to help with winter-time utility bills of those in need. Walk for Warmth will take place in Mason, Lake, Manistee and Newaygo counties. In Mason County, the approximately two-mile walk will begin at Community Church, 109 N.…
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The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County over the weekend: Friday, Jan. 10, 2025: 5:45 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Victory Road east of Angling Road, Victory Township. 9:45 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Kinney Road east…
Loretta Ann Cox, 85, of Free Soil, died Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Newaygo County Compassion Home in Fremont. She was born March 13, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois. Loretta worked for many years as a secretary first at Remington Arms Company and later in Munster, Indiana until her retirement in 1994. Afterwards she and her husband, Clarence W. Cox…
Louise Joan Hornung, 100, of Ludington, passed away peacefully at Ludington Woods on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Louise was born on January 29, 1924 in South Bend, Indiana to Louis and Frances Spychalski and lived on Warren Street in South Bend. She studied nursing at St. Joseph School of Nursing in South Bend and graduated as a registered nurse. She…
Curtis Lon Griffis, 76, of Ludington, died on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington, www.OakGroveLudington.com. Listing of 2025 deaths. Listing of 2024 deaths. Listing of 2023 deaths. Listing of 2022 deaths. Listing of 2021 deaths. Listing of 2020 deaths. Listing of 2019 deaths __________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 41-year-old Ludington man was arrested on the scene of a fire Friday evening. Emergency personnel were dispatched to a shed on fire at 5753 W. Barton St. at 6:01 p.m. Initial 911 dispatch information stated that witnesses saw the shed, located behind the residence at that address, explode. Mason County Sheriff kim Cole said the man…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Law enforcement and firefighters were dispatched to a shed fire at 6:01 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 at 5753 W. Barton St. Initial 911 dispatch information stated that witnesses saw the shed explode. According to dispatch information, witnesses alleged the fire may have been intentional. The shed was located behind a residence at that address. Pere Marquette…
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