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Work continues on Badger dock Story and photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Work continues on the replacing the carferry dock and its counterweight structures. Mild late fall weather has likely helped to progress the work. On July 21, the counterweight structure on the port side of the Ludington dock failed, which rendered the apron ramp non-operational and caused…
Search for missing swimmer scaled back due to hazardous conditions. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP – The Mason County Sheriff’s Office has scaled search efforts in Lake Michigan Tuesday evening, July 23, for missing swimmer Daniel McCarthy, 18, of Lake County due to hazardous conditions. McCarthy went missing Monday, July 22, while swimming near the mouth of the Big Sauble River at Ludington…
Historic Scottville home finds new purpose as retreat center. SCOTTVILLE — One of Scottville’s historic homes is now a place intended to inspire creativity. The Reverie Retreat, 110 N. Columbia Ave., opened in March and serves as a self catering retreat center. Owner Becky Alway is marketing the center for creative hobbyists such as quilters, sewers, scrapbookers, and knitters/crocheters. But,…
Man, whose body was found in Lake Michigan, stayed at Hamlin Lake resort. #MasonCountyNews By Allison Scarbrough. Editor. HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — For more than a month, the identity of a man’s body found floating in Lake Michigan on the Fourth of July near the Leland Harbor in Leelanua County was a mystery. That mystery was solved this week when authorities…
1 injured after Lake Michigan boat fire. #MasonCountyNews. Story updated: LAKE MICHIGAN — One person was injured after a 31-foot long cabin cruiser boat caught on fire in Lake Michigan. The fire occurred about 1/4 mile off shore of the Ludington State Park sometime after 11 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard was initially dispatched to rescue the occupants of the boat.…
