By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — There is a common theme among the crew of the SS Badger: Family. Whether that is a closeness that is created through the shared purpose of working on a unique and historic vessel that has served the Great Lakes for 72 years, or whether it is actual family. Often multiple members of the same…
GRIMMS, Wis. — Mary Svacina has had a tradition of taking each of her grandsons on a Round Trip Mini Cruise on the SS Badger ever since they each turned 5 years old. Last summer, she took her youngest grandson, Gabriel. Svacina, 71, lives in Grimms, Wis., located in Manitowoc County, about 15 miles from the Badger’s Manitowoc dock. She said the Lake…
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