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…
Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central Upper Elementary students celebrated Veterans Day today with a special school assembly in which veterans were invited to attend. The program began with the student body, grades three through five, singing all four…
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.…
Carl Wayne Wilson, 47, of Ionia, formerly of Ludington, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. Carl was born on August 29, 1979, the son of Shelley Wilson. He attended Manistee Area Public Schools and Ludington Area Schools. For over 20 years he worked at Pioneer Construction as a master carpenter. He also worked in the plumbing trade, doing two…
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