By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — The 137-year-old former Scottville schoolhouse is going to be razed. In a memorandum to the Scottville City Commission dated Nov. 10, Scottville City Manager Clarence Goodlein made a recommendation that the commission support an effort of the Mason County Land Bank to demolish the building, located at 209 N. Main St. The Mason County…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area School District’s Board of Education has issued a letter to the public explaining that its fund balance is much higher than its members and district administrators had believed; $2.2 million higher. The letter was signed by Dr. Bret Autrey, president of the board of education and Dr. Kyle Corlett, superintendent of…
LUDINGTON — The Mason County Historical Society will present “Michigan Lumberjacks and the Old Growth Forest,” presented by Lumberjack & Logging Museum of Grand Rapids, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Mason County Historical Society Rose Hawley Archives, 130 E. Ludington Ave. The program will discuss lumberjacks and the logging industry in Michigan in the…
SCOTTVILLE — The sixth annual Scottville Christmas parade will take place Friday, Dec. 5 beginning at 6 p.m. A tree lighting celebration will take place downtown following the parade. The parade route will again go through the neighborhoods of Scottville with participants meeting at the Mason County Central Middle School on the west end of Beryl Street. The parade route…
Mardella Dwyer, 89, of Ludington, passed away on Monday November 10, 2025. She was born November 5, 1936, in Ludington the daughter of Tellus and Lila (Berg) Fugere. Mardella was married Dec. 20, 1952, to Conrad Paul Dwyer. They celebrated 47 years of marriage before his death in 1999. She lived her life doing what she loved most, being the…
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