Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Mason County National Night Out/Prepare Fair was held Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, at the Loomis Street Boat Ramp. Various emergency services and social services agencies attended. The evening included free ice cream, emergency vehicles and demonstrations by the Mason County Sheriff’s Office and Ludington Police Department K-9 units, along with the MCSO…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — A request to approve a sinking fund for Mason County Eastern passed by 52 percent during Tuesday’s election, Aug. 5. Voters in the school district approved the request, 412-368, which will generate up to .75 mill (results do not include Lake and Manistee counties results). The millage rate is expected to generate $198,160 per…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief CUSTER — Construction on a new chemical storage facility for the Mason County Road Commission is underway with the facility expected to be completed by Sept. 30. The building is located on a 90-acre site in the 1900 block of East US 10 on the west side of the village. It is the first phase of…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — A 50-year-old Fountain man was killed in a crash on South Lakeshore Drive near Patterson Road Monday, Aug. 4, shortly before 9 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “On Monday, Aug. 4, 2025, at 8:47 p.m., emergency crews were called to a motorcycle crash on South Lakeshore Drive south of Patterson Road in Mason…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following activity of the Ludington Police Department Monday, Aug. 4, 2025: 8:37 a.m., a 54-year-old Ludington man was cited for driving while license suspended following a traffic stop near Ludington Avenue and Rowe Street, City of Ludington. 10:39 a.m., a 33-year-old Ludington…
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