WEARE TWP. (Oceana Co.) — Dozens of local emergency services personnel paid tribute to Capt. John Thomas Sayles of the Pentwater Fire Dept. Sunday afternoon. The 38-year-old died Wednesday, Nov. 14, as a result of an aortic aneurysm. He is survived by his wife, Melanie, and their three daughters Mercedy, Marissa and Mandi. John was a captain and medical first…
LUDINGTON – Beginning tomorrow, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office will begin transitioning from the current administration to the new one. WMOM radio reported that Sheriff Jeff Fiers has confirmed the plan exists. A department email was sent to employees last week stating that Sheriff-Elect Kim Cole will become a desk sergeant for the remainder of the November. Cole will…
Here are the unofficial election results of the contested races in Mason County (excluding state judicial and college boards). For full results, see the County Clerk’s posting at www.masoncounty.net, click under Clerk (results are expected later today). Registered voters: 22,564 Ballots cast: 14,766, 65.44% President Mitt Romney, (Rep): 7,580, 51.69% Barack Obama, (Dem): 6,856, 46.75% Virgil Goode, Jr.…
LUDINGTON — With 23 of the 25 voting precincts in, Jeff Nellis is the leader of the Probate Judge race, barely. With Branch and Sherman townships to report, Nellis holds a 50.58 percent lead over Nick Krieger, 5,720 to 5,546.
LUDINGTON — With 22 of the 25 voting precincts in, we are declaring Kim Cole as Mason County’s next sheriff. With only Amber, Branch and Sherman townships to come in, Cole has received 69 percent of the vote. Cole originally won the Republican primary against incumbent Jeff Fiers. After that election, Fiers announced he was running a write-in campaign. “We…
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