Custer News

The Pere Marquette River is home to a whole lotta lampreys - but not as many as it used to be.

A military concert this weekend and a fundraiser next weekend are in memory of a Battle Creek soldier killed three years ago in Iraq.

In high school, Valerie Mann enjoyed riding her bike and dreaming of being the first woman to win the Tour de France.

The sticky-fingered returner who struck at several Mason County businesses in January may be at it again.

The Gold Bar VFW and Auxiliary Post 5096 of Custer continued their annual tradition of honoring fallen comrades by performing five Memorial Day ceremonies Monday.

Ludington Memorial Day parade and service, 10:30 a.m. from Rowe Street and Ludington Avenue to Lakeshore Drive and 11 a.m. service at Veterans Memorial, Stearns Park, N. Lakeshore Drive, Ludington Scottville Memorial Day program at MCC High School, 9 a.m., cemetery visits, and Custer VFW.

A two-vehicle accident on U.S. 10 in Custer Township, which caused one vehicle to burst into flames, sent the five people involved to at least three different hospitals Sunday evening, according to a report from the Mason County Sheriff's Office.

Jeffrey Albert Sharpe, 34, of 5176 W. Monroe Rd., Pentwater, was convicted of OUIL, second offense, and was sentenced to one year in jail to be served at the court's discretion with 17 days to be served immediately and credit given for time served.

Three fire departments spent more than five hours battling a blaze in the woods on the north perimeter of St.

Recent rains likely helped contain a barn fire this morning in the 4300 block of North Reek Road.

It seems like the snow just left - in some places, it hasn't even gone yet. In spite of that, much of the region is extremely dry, prompting officials to ask people not to burn.

An illegal burn started a fire that spread over about 10 acres of land near Casin Lake in Branch Township Friday.

Diane Nelson was cleaning her carpets when she happened to notice the fire in her neighbor's burn barrel had gotten out of control.

The defense attorney for the Rev. Johnson Pappusamy, who had been a Catholic priest in Scottville and Custer, said the incident his client is being charged with happened at the Ludington Meijer Feb.

Hide Video A Mason County pastor accused of forcing an adult to have sexual contact back in February was formally charged today.

The Rev. Johnson Jeyabel Pappusamy, former pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Custer and St.

There was a good chance Friday that for the first time in a long time, there would be no suckers in the 'suckerburgers' at SuckerFest.

Will there be suckers in time for today's SuckerFest? That was the question on the minds of some.

The Board of Education on Monday decided to interview Mark Kleinhans, superintendent of the Montrose School District, and John Fazer, superintendent of the Holton School District, a community north of Muskegon.

'There were a lot of tears' Friday, March 13, 2009 Two Custer men and a Baldwin man were among the 40 western Michigan Army reservists who left Muskegon Tuesday to prepare for deployment to Kuwait and Iraq.