By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. VICTORY TWP. — Some rivalries are just natural. Cats and dogs. Michigan State and University of Michigan. Cops and firefighters. On Wednesday, area law enforcement and fire/rescue personnel will battle it out on the ice — for a good cause. The first Smoke Eaters vs. Law Dogs hockey game will be held at the West Shore…
The weather report for Mason County is sponsored by Superior Electric of Ludington: 231-845-0126; www.supelectric.com. While there is no longer a wind advisory, strong winds are expected to continue this evening. Expect cloudy skies, wind and periods of rain. Low 44 F. Winds E at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall around a half an inch. Winds could…
Weekend arrests of by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office included domestic assault, drug and alcohol violations, license suspensions and outstanding warrants. Below is the activity report of the sheriff’s office from April 25 to April 27, 2014: April 25: – 7:30 a.m.: Car/deer crash, no injuries, U.S. 10 and Stephens Rd., Custer Twp. 12:09 p.m.: A 39-year-old Ludington man was…
VICTORY TWP. – Nearly 200 West Shore Community College students are eligible to receive degrees and certificates at the college’s 44th commencement ceremony to be held on Friday, May 2, at 7 p.m. in the College’s Recreation Center Arena. Speakers for the event will be Guy Smith, president of the Student Senate, WSCC Faculty Association president and Professor of Philosophy Dr. Matthew Sanderson,…
LUDINGTON — COVE (Communities Overcoming Violent Encounters) will hold a groundbreaking Tuesday at 10 a.m. at its new location, 906 E. Ludington Ave. The organization is raising funds to construct a new facility in Ludington to replace the 112 year-old house that serves as the COVE shelter and the small, 36 year-old modular office building. COVE needs to raise $2.4 million for…
Paula Jury Jarvis didn’t want her daughter to walk through metal detectors at school. Many people have traveled the world and have had life experiences that their hometowns could never offer them, but many of those people are choosing to leave those grand ventures behind to move back to their roots in search of a slower paced lifestyle. Mason County…
LUDINGTON – Ludington Area Center for the Arts opens a new exhibit in its Main Gallery on Friday, May 2. Artist Carolyn Damstra will be displaying her “Recent Paintings of the Leelanau Peninsula”. This exhibit is scheduled to run through June, removed only briefly the first weekend of June for the Lighthouse Festival Arts & Crafts Show. Damstra is an…
Raising funds for Mason County Veterans Endowment Fund. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — The latest viral trend going around social media is the cold water challenge, where moments before a person jumps into a body of cold water they shout out the names of three people they’d like to challenge to do the same. Ludington has had its own cold…
By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. FREE SOIL — Strong wind gusts never make firefighting easy. However, firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a barn fire on North U.S. 31 Monday morning before too much damage was caused. Free Soil/Meade and Fountain fire departments were called to the scene between Townline and Freeman roads around 9:45 a.m. Within a few minutes they…
Renew. Rebuild. Recover. A blog written by the staff of West Michigan Community Mental Health. In honor of Autism Awareness Month, we reprint this information from the Autism Society of America (http://www.autism-society.org/). Autism Prevalence Rates Increase According to CDC, Autism Society Responds Bethesda, MD (March 27, 2014) – Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce new autism…
I am blessed with a pretty awesome book group. There are twelve of us, a diverse group in age, life experiences, religious background, education, and, ironically, taste in books. What is fascinating to me is we can bring all of that into the circle we sit in once a month, and just have real dialogue. I get to view the…
The weather report for Mason County is sponsored by Superior Electric of Ludington: 231-845-0126; www.supelectric.com. The area is under a wind advisory from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday. The following has been issued by the National Weather Service: Areas affected: Mason, MI; Lake, MI; Osceola, MI; Oceana, MI; Newaygo, MI; Mecosta, MI; Muskegon, MI; Montcalm, MI; Ottawa, MI; Kent, MI; Ionia, MI; Allegan, MI; Barry, MI; Van Buren, MI; Kalamazoo, MI THE NATIONAL WEATHER…
Birth announcements are sponsored by ABC Kidz/Purple Monkey, 123 E. Ludington Ave. Check them out here on Facebook. Welcome to the world! Rex William La Pierre, the son of Heather (Keith) and George La Pierre of Rahway, New Jersey, was born April 26, 2014. Maternal grandparents are Nancy and the late William (Bill) Keith of Ludington. If you have a birth announcement…
Many people have traveled the world and have had life experiences that their hometowns could never offer them, but many of those people are choosing to leave those grand ventures behind to move back to their roots in search of a slower paced lifestyle. Mason County Press’ Kate Krieger meets up with some of these individuals who have decided to…
By Kate Krieger.MCP Correspondent. PERE MARQUETTE TWP. – When juggling a household, children, work and all the other things that moms possibly deal with on a daily basis, the work, at times might not ever seem to be done and a day off from it all is never really in the cards. There is hope, the Mom’s Day Off event…
BALDWIN — Baldwin High School is hosting its second Decision Day Bash on Thursday, May 1. The event is being held in celebration of the members of the senior class making their decisions about what their next stages in life will be, 95% of the graduating class has made a commitment to continue on to higher education or the armed…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON – The following were sentenced this past week in 51st Circuit Court: – Richard Eugene Dubridge, 66, of 11445 E. Boulder Dr., Apt 246, Lowell, was found guilty Feb. 11 of operating under the influence of liquor, third offense, and habitual offender, third conviction. He was sentenced April 15 to one year, six months to 10 years in prison with credit…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON – The following were arraigned this past week before the 79th District Court Magistrate: Felony – Brian Keith Blackburn, 24, of 603 N. Delia St., Ludington, was arrested April 16 by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) for felonies of operating under the influence of liquor; failure to stop – serious impairment; two counts of resisting/opposing a police officer;…
By Allison Scarbrough. Contributing Editor. LUDINGTON – The following were sentenced in Mason County’s 79th District Court this past week: – Walker William Carroll, 53, of 207 E. Second St., Scottville, was found guilty April 22 of operating while intoxicated, second offense and sentenced to 32 days in jail with credit for two days served; outpatient treatment; $1,545 in fines and costs; one year discretionary…
Douglas Roy Chambers, aged 78 of Walhalla, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Douglas was born on December 23, 1935 in Detroit, the son of Arthur and Margaret (Dorr) Chambers and served in the US Army prior to the Vietnam Conflict. He was a retiree of Ludington Concrete after 28 years of service to the company. Douglas will be…
Good Neighbor Tips. A blog by Erin Doan State Farm Insurance Agency. You may have been taught not to run with scissors, but were you told not to run with headphones? Many people have grown attached to listening to music while they run or walk, but turning the volume up can cause you to “tune out” safety hazards. The Dangers…
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