

June 17, 2026
Tri-County Community Foundation Alliance Funds Full-Scale Expansion of Elementary Esports Across Mason, Lake, and Oceana Counties The MiSTEM Network Region 9, in partnership with...


May 15, 2026
The 11th Annual "Make a Difference Awards" event was held on Wednesday, May 13. Sponsored by the West Shore ESD Special Education Parent Advisory Committee (SEPAC), this inspirat...

April 24, 2026
Bullying is a springboard to violence. Exposing bullying for what it is and teaching children how to handle it can help create more peaceful communities. That’s the reasoning b...

April 15, 2026
Way to go, LHS O-BOTS! The Ludington O-Bots (FIRST Robotics Team 7160) returned home as champions after a dominant performance at the FIRST in Michigan District event held at Fer...

April 15, 2026
Meet SRO Adam Lamb For most of his 24 years in law enforcement, Mason County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Lamb has described himself as a “running, gunning” road cop whose greatest satisf...

March 16, 2026
On Saturday, March 7, the first ever scrimmages were held for several area high school robotics teams at the UACJ Whitehall Industries FIRST Robotics Practice Facility. Nine Wes...

March 2, 2026
Nearly 70 education providers, businesses, and community organizations teamed up to offer a wide spectrum of future possibilities to more than 400 high school students at the 11th...

March 2, 2026
Think March Madness, but for only words — area students going head-to-head, round after round, until only one spelling champion remains! On Tuesday, February 24th, 33 energetic ...

February 10, 2026
On Monday afternoon, February 9, second-grade students in Becky Alway's classroom at MCC's Scottville Elementary celebrated the unveiling of their new Adopt-a-Classroom Library. ...

January 16, 2026
On Saturday, January 10, local FIRST Robotics teams came together to launch and celebrate the start of the 2026 FRC High School Competition Season at WSCC. More than 60 people at...

November 19, 2025
A lot of learning can happen in just a two-hour time span if you're a student in Mark Willis's AgriScience class at the Summit Tech Center, the CTE program sponsored by the ESD. ...

November 10, 2025
When this fall's road construction in downtown Scottville caused daily detours for cars and trucks, MCC's Director of State and Federal Programs Angela Taylor was worried about se...

October 20, 2025
The West Shore ESD and our transportation consultant Katrina Morris have a tight connection to this year's "National Bus Safety Week" awareness campaign, running from October 20-2...

September 29, 2025
Imagine a high school basketball team assembling themselves for tip-off in their season opener. The players look uneasy because the only place they have had to practice was much s...

September 22, 2025
YOU'RE INVITED to join high school robotics teams, coaches, educators, and community partners in celebrating this inspiring new space for growing engineering and other career-wort...
September 18, 2025
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} Sadly, Vincent Greiner passed on September 17, 2025. He will be greatly missed. By statute, the West Shore ESD ...

September 8, 2025
When teachers and support staff come together to grow their professional skills, the improved growth of students learning is typically the main long-term objective. Because of th...
August 21, 2025
August 22, 2025 Dear Community, As we begin the 2025-26 school year, we want to update you on an important issue that could impact our students and schools: · Sta...

