LUDINGTON — Chad Heitz, 33, of 3677 S. Pere Marquette Highway was sentenced to 1 year, 9 months in the Mason County Jail for attempted criminal sexual conduct third degree for incidences involving a 15-year-old girl. Heitz was arrested on May 11 by Ludington Police Department and charged with two counts of CSC third degree. Had he been sentenced for…
LUDINGTON — Robert James Miller, 41, of Oscoda, will be sentenced in 51st Circuit Court this afternoon for criminal sexual conduct against two children. In June Miller pleaded guilty to a count of first degree CSC with a 12-year-old boy and second degree CSC with an 8-year-old boy. Both children were residing in Riverton Township at the time of the…
Superior Electric Beach/Outdoors Report. Here are the current weather conditions for Mason County (including Pentwater) as of 10:45 a.m. today. Lake Michigan water temperatures: Stearns Park, Ludington: 62 degrees F Ludington State Park: 63 degrees F Summit Park: 62 degrees F Charles Mears State Park, Pentwater: 66 degrees F First Street Beach, Manistee: 62 degrees F Little Sable Point: 67…
RIVERTON TWP. — A recreational camping fire started a fire in southern Riverton Township this afternoon. A large black plume of smoke could be seen for miles. The black smoke was caused by tires that caught on fire, Riverton Township Fire Chief Joe Cooper said. The fire took place on the Dan Petersen farm on West Marrison Road, just west…
SCOTTVILLE — Business owner Richard Cox told the Scottville City Commission Monday night that donations for the Harvest Festival ox roast keep coming in. Two weeks ago, Cox, owner of Cox’s Sales and Service, along with Roy and Linda Holden of Holden’s Home Emporium and Kelly Abrahamson of Pizza Barn Plus, spoke at the city commission meeting about their concern…
SCOTTVILLE — The City of Scottville is closer to cleaning up blighted homes. Earlier this year the city commission set its top goal as cleaning up properties that were in violation of the city’s zoning ordinance. The city administration has made a strong effort to enforce the code by attempting to contact the owners of the nearly 30 properties that…
RIVERTON TWP. — A large pile of tires on fire created a big black plume of smoke over Riverton Township this afternoon. Firefighters from Riverton and Scottville fire departments responded to the fire behind the Petersen farm at 1316 W. Marrison Rd. around 4:30 p.m. The initial call was for a possible woods fire. Upon arriving, Riverton Fire Chief Joe…
By Miranda Beebe. MCP Correspondent. “Read, think, and be observant.” This is advice from Carol Farley, author of several children’s books, for anyone that is interested in becoming a writer. Carol has written 20 books and dozens of shorter tales that were all published. She chose to write children’s books and tales because “kids are the best audience of all,…
SCOTTVILLE — When the Scottville City Commission meets today it will once again address the closing of South Main Street for the Harvest Festival. However, this time the request will be for closing the street for five days instead of one. At the last commission meeting, two weeks ago, the commission allowed for the closure of the street on Saturday,…
VICTORY TWP. — The West Shore Community College Board of Trustees is expected to meet two new full-time employees when it meets this afternoon. Renee Snodgrass is the new director of library services and Jodi Radloff is a new associate professor of English. Snodgrass , who is from Woodridge, Ill, received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Central Michigan University…
VICTORY TWP. – First–time or returning students at West Shore Community College are invited to attend the 2013 Student Orientation to be held on Thursday, August 29, at 6 p.m., in the Arts and Sciences Center and Center Stage Theater. “This is a great opportunity for our new students to learn their way around the campus and to learn how to be…
Photos by Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. PERE MARQUETTE TWP. – Could summer get much better than days like today? Temperatures were in the low ’80s, there was a slight breeze from Lake Michigan and the game of the day was old time base ball (two words). The Ludington Mariners took on the Chicago Salmon at Historic White Pine Village. The rules…
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning that it is continuing to search for Clayton Charles Machiela, 21, of Ludington who has been missing since Aug. 9. “He has not been seen since Aug. 9 and has not had any contact with his family nor has he returned to work,” Chief Deputy Bob Brown said. Brown told MCP that…
Open houses scheduled LUDINGTON — Memorial Medical Center’s most recent expansion will open for patient care just after Labor Day. A public open house at the hospital will highlight a series of grand opening events during the week before the holiday weekend. The public open house will be held on Thursday, August 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event…
By Becky Alway. Earlier this summer, Rob and I wanted to try something different in our garden. We planted tomatillos. As they are ripening right now I can’t help but feel like this is such a magical process. The fruit develops from a bright yellow blossom and swells into a lime green lantern bloom. As they are ready to be…
The Ludington person who won Wednesday’s $13.3 million Classic Lotto 47 jackpot has claimed his or her prize but has chosen to remain anonymous, the Michigan Lottery website reported today. The winning ticket was sold at Bonser’s of Custer. The winner has chosen to take the one-time lump sum payment of $8.4 million before taxes, a Lottery press release stated.…
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By Allison Scarbrough. MCP Correspondent. LUDINGTON – The following defendants were sentenced this week in 51st Circuit Court: – Thomas Alan Battice, 48, of 3744 First St., Custer, was found guilty June 19 of second-degree criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a person under age 13. He was sentenced Aug. 13 to a minimum of five to a maximum of 15 years with the Michigan…
LUDINGTON – A 30-year-old Hamlin Township man was arrested Thursday at the Mason County Courthouse after he was heard making threats against Family Court Judge Jeff Nellis. Matthew Peterson, 2486 N. Jebavy Dr., was arrested for contempt of court after he said if things didn’t go his way in a court hearing he was going to jump over the bench…
LUDINGTON — Frederick Lewis, 31, of Scottville will go on trial in October for two counts of criminal sexual conduct first degree. Earlier this week Lewis turned down a plea agreement from Mason County Prosecutor Paul Spaniola. The agreement would have dropped the two counts of CSC first degree and charged Lewis with CSC second degree instead with a sentence…
Superior Electric Beach/Outdoors Report. Here are the current weather conditions for Mason County (including Pentwater) as of 1 p.m. today. Water temperatures for today were not available. Afternoon weather: Ludington: Mostly sunny with temperatures reaching 80 degrees F. Humidity: 45%; wind: west-northwest at 6 mph. Scottville and Pentwater: Mostly sunny with temperatures reaching 84 degrees F. Humidity: 40%; wind: west-northwest at…
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