Scottville News

State Sen. Gerry Van Woerkom wasn't his normal cheery self during a stop at the Ludington Daily News Friday.

He's happy to be back in Michigan and happy to be back to music, Michigan native Jeff Daniels told the morning news team at Fox 2 News in Detroit.

A Catholic priest who served churches in western Michigan has been sentenced to six months in jail for sexual misconduct.

A house at 312 S. Main St. caught fire Thursday evening. The fire started in the upstairs bedroom of the two-story home, according to Scottville Assistant Chief Robert Cohoon.

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

Linda Rogers will be Ludington's next treasurer, beginning Dec. 1, the city council decided Monday, 6-0. Councilor A. Pete Engblade had an excused absence.

Three volleys of rifle shots cracked the air over Scottville as an honor guard of local veterans fired a salute Wednesday during the Veterans Day program held at Scottville Optimist Hall.

Many students at Saginaw Valley State University didn't even know their Michigan Promise Scholarship was in jeopardy this fall, Julie A. Boon says.

'I guess we have reached our goal, to make people happy,' said Al Soller. Soller and his wife Rita's lawn at 3942 U.S. 31 features 10 plastic crows that caught the eye of quite a few passersby.

Frederick E. 'Fritz' Holden, 77, of Scottville, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at Oakview Medical Care Facility in Ludington.

Scottville four-year-olds will still be able to attend preschool for no cost under the Great Start Readiness Program.

Never mind the multimillion-dollar plans to build soundstages in Pontiac and Allen Park.

A former Northern Michigan priest will spend at least 30 days in jail for admitting to sexual misconduct.

Drew and Martha Moore have a red plastic bin for their belongings. It contains a few T-shirts and pairs of pants for each of them, and Drew has a quilted shirt, a jacket of sorts.

Progress on Scottville's newest addition to the city is moving along. Dollar General will have signs on the new store that are bigger than what is usually allowed after commissioners, acting as the Zoning Board of Appeals, granted a variance for the signs Monday.

A newly erected wind turbine at the state Department of Environmental Quality office in Bay City.

Scottville has two potential buyers for the city's former Healy auto dealership building on South Main Street.

During World War II Navajo code talkers used their language to encode military messages with terms like "iron fish" to refer to submarines and helped turn the tide of the Pacific Theater in favor of the Allied Forces.

Falling trees Randy Hodges of Scottville was brushing his teeth and preparing for bed when wind caused a huge Japanese elm tree to crash on his home.

Four teams of horses from local farms will be used to pull hay wagons and plows - a new attraction this year at the Barns & Byways tour today.