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Badger receives federal grant to study alternative fuel source WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lake Michigan Carferry has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the federal government to fund a feasibility analysis to convert the SS Badger from coal to zero emission. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD), which announced last week nearly $12 million in…
Lakeshore Food Club receives $2,500 grant LUDINGTON – Lakeshore Food Club received a $2,500 grant from the Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) during its annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. The funding is being made available as part of the MAHP’s Tackling Health Care Disparities in Michigan grant, which encourages community-based organizations to collaborate and deploy local initiatives aimed at creating…
Friends of Pool group organizing in support of WSCC pool LUDINGTON — A group calling itself Friends of the Pool WSCC will hold an organizational meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the West Shore Bank Room of the Mason County District Library Ludington branch, 217 E. Ludington Ave. According to a brochure distributed by…
VIDEO: Fire damages Victory Twp. house. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Fire severely damaged a house at 1363 W. Fountain Rd. Saturday evening. Six fire departments responded to the call that was initially dispatched at 9:52 p.m. Upon arrival, firefighting units discovered the house engulfed in flames. Fountain Area Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Barry Ruger said two…
Fisher Road bridge open Story and Photo by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief VICTORY TOWNSHIP — Traffic on Fisher Road between Peterson and Victory Corner roads was re-opened Friday, Sept. 22, following four months of construction. During construction the old 52-feet by 20-feet bridge, built in 1900, was removed and a new 70-feet by 28-feet steel beam bridge. The $1.5 million project…
