25-year-old widow speaks to students about the consequences of distracted driving. #MasonCountyNews By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. SCOTTVILLE — In an instant Tiffany Skinner’s life changed on September 4, 2016. While driving in northern Manistee County, the van Tiffany was driving was t-boned by a 21-year-old driver who was looking at his phone. The man, Ryan James Coughlin of Hastings,…
See video here. By Rob Alway. Editor-in-Chief. MANISTEE TWP. (Manistee Co.) — Students from Vicki Dahringer’s Scottville Elementary third grade class explored Native American culture up close last week when they visited the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians’ government complex. The Mason County Central students were invited by the tribal council to each receive a series of four fiction…
By ROB ALWAY mcp editor Editor’s Note: This morning I had the privilege to photograph Lt. Col. Mike Harmon and his wife, Joy. Mike, 42, is a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps who just completed a one year deployment to Afghanistan. Mike and Joy wanted some portraits of themselves so they stopped into Alway Photography. I couldn’t resist…
By SALLY LIPPS mcp.com sports correspondent BIG RAPIDS — Manistee Varsity Co-op Hockey team traveled to Big Rapids Friday to take on the Big Rapids Cardinals. The Manistee Co-op team has players from Manistee, Ludington, Mason County Central, Hart and Shelby High Schools. Manistee played a very strong first period with just one penalty and scoring their first…
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