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MCC eSports team ends regular season 5-3, to compete in playoffs

November 18, 2025

Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Central Spartan Mario Kart eSports team is ranked 12th in the state and will race against No. 21 Portland High School in the state playoffs on Thursday, Nov. 20.  The Spartans were ranked as high as No. 3…

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Ludington Rotary Club’s auction is Dec. 3

November 18, 2025

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Limited tickets remain available for The Rotary Club of Ludington’s 26th Annual Holiday Auction and Gala, Wednesday, Dec. 3, starting at 6 p.m., at Lincoln Hills Golf Club. The event features a live and silent auction of nearly 200 items and special opportunities such as a sled dog ride, dinner parties and more donated by businesses and…

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Recent death: Wilma W. Pipher, 81, of Ludington

November 18, 2025

  Wilma W. Pipher, 81, of Ludington, died on Thursday, November 6, 2025. Arrangements by Grace Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Ludington, www.GraceCremations.com. Listing of 2025 deaths. Listing of 2024 deaths. Listing of 2023 deaths. Listing of 2022 deaths. Listing of 2021 deaths. Listing of 2020 deaths. Listing of 2019 deaths __________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP…

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Muskegon’s E.G. Crosby, a Great Lakes captain who died on the Titanic

November 17, 2025

Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief When the R.M.S. Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, the…

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Freighter Algoma Buffalo anchored offshore near Manistee

November 17, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief This Great Lakes Boat Blog is presented by Hankwitz Heating & Cooling, 609 S. Washington Ave., Ludington; 231-843-2809. MANISTEE — The M.V. Algoma Buffalo was anchored about two miles off the shore of Manistee most of the day on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. The ship had been anchored off of Kewaunee, Wis. Sunday and was scheduled…

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