Mason County News

The Fourth of July brings bright lights, loud noises and oohs and ahhs to thousands in Mason County each year.

Two men were arrested this morning on charges stemming from a police chase from Mason County into Oceana County.

Mason County's Michigan Secretary of State office is now equipped to process applications for enhanced driver's license and enhanced state ID cards that can be used instead of passports for re-entering the United States from trips to Canada, Mexico and Caribbean countries.

Was a recent assault on a 13-year-old boy a gang-related incident or something more isolated? A 13-year-old boy walking home from the skate park June 11 was allegedly attacked just before 10 p.m. on the 500 block of South James Street by three teenagers who assaulted him and stole his iPod, according to Ludington police.

A Florida woman will spend up to 10 years in prison over embezzlement charges in Mason County, Michigan.

Hundreds of area residents and visitors flocked to Mason County beaches Tuesday as temperatures soared to 82 degrees.

'We all know the difference between personal stuff and trash,' said Brenda Burnett, a resident of Sheridan Township who doesn't like the mess she sees at her neighbor's place up the road from her in the Tallman Lake area.

ABC's '20/20' Friday night at 10 will include 'American Workers Adapt in Recession,' featuring a segment on MasTech Manufacturing Windspire wind turbines made in Manistee.

Alan Hooper has a long history in Ludington - including his first date with his wife and generations of family who have purchased rubber tomahawks at Fort Daul - so he was happy to come back to the area Tuesday and talk about the future of economic development in rural communities.

When runners lined up for the 8:30 a.m. start of the 2009 Lakestride 5 kilometer and half-marathon on Saturday morning, it was mostly cloudy, the temperature was in the low 50s and there was just a trace of a breeze.

There were more deer killed in Mason County in 2008 than in 2007, something that matched a trend in Lake and Oceana counties, but not Manistee.

Local coordinator Jim Bloom is hoping the community will help feed 20,000 hungry people by packaging meals for Kids Against Hunger on July 31.

A year ago today the storms that flooded Mason and Manistee counties started. The rains continued through the night, a tornado hit in grant township and when folks woke up in the morning, homes were flooded and dozens of roads - including U.S. 31 between Ludington and Manistee - were washed out.

Supporters of a county-wide off-road vehicle ordinance are expected to be back at Mason County Court House tonight to speak to the Mason County Board of Commissioners.

The Michigan State Police investigation into an embezzlement complaint involving the Hart Buccaneer youth football program was resolved.

Jolee Soberalski needs 24-hour care. She's 18 years old, doesn't speak and is autistic.

Terry Murphy is no longer the 'interim' executive director of the Ludington Area Arts Council.

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

A cut fiber-optic line in Shelby caused widespread phone outages in Mason and Oceana counties Friday.

West Shore Bank CEO Tom Van Buren retires today after 32 years as head of West Shore Bank , leaving the community bank in a financial condition many national banks should envy - not only solvent but thriving, and saying thanks, but no thanks, to government bailout money it simply doesn't need.