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Veterans Day 2026 This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union and the Mason County Historical Society. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief In August 1918, Cpl. Edwin Harold Ewing carried messages through heavy German artillery fire along the Vesle River in France. The 24-year-old soldier from Ludington had been entrusted with maintaining communications between battalions of the U.S. Army’s…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union, and the Mason County Historical Society. Masters of the Ludington Steamers Stories of Ludington’s cross-lake rail fleet captains and other port mariners By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The wind was driving massive waves toward Ludington on the evening of Nov. 11, 1940, when Capt. Jens M. Vevang tried to guide the…
SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central middle and high school students will take audiences on a magical adventure this weekend when the MCC Drama Department presents “Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.” Performances are scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 12, and Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m.…
This Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union and the Mason County Historical Society. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Editor’s note: On Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior, killing all 29 men aboard. The SS Wilfred Sykes was among the freighters that participated in the subsequent search. In October, I spent five days aboard…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The annual Shop with a Cop/Shop with a Hero Pie Auction will take place Wednesday, Nov. 25, raising money to help make Christmas brighter for local children and their families. This year, organizers hope to assist at least 75 Mason County families through the holiday program. The online auction is one of the program’s…
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