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Badger stern gate damaged while docking

September 17, 2025

This story has been updated at 11:45 p.m. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The S.S. Badger’s stern gate was damaged while the car ferry was docking Wednesday evening, Sept. 17. Witnesses stated the boat’s stern struck the S.S. Spartan’s bow, causing the stern gate to be pushed inward toward the Badger’s car deck. There appears to be a large…

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Police seeking man who reportedly assaulted female LHS student

September 17, 2025

The student pushed the man away and took his picture LUDINGTON — Police are looking for a man who reportedly approached a female Ludington High School student on school grounds Wednesday, Sept. 17, and embraced her without consent. The student pushed the man away and was able to take his picture, states a joint press release from the Ludington Police…

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Jury swiftly returns with guilty verdict in meth case

September 17, 2025

LUDINGTON — It took a jury less than a half an hour of deliberations in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Wednesday, Sept. 17, to find Timothy Charles Zeller, 42, guilty of methamphetamine possession, said Mason County Prosecuting Attorney Beth Hand. “On June 19, 2024, a Ludington police sergeant located Zeller at approximately 2:30 a.m. lying in the grassy area between…

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The shipwrecks of 1929: 25 lost on the S.S. Andaste

September 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 The last four months of 1929 were a deadly time…

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Man serving 20-80 year prison term for deadly drug deal adds another five years for other crimes

September 17, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 32-year-old Oceana County man who was sentenced to 20-80 years in prison in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court, July 1, for the fentanyl death of his friend tacked on another five years to his prison time when he was sentenced for multiple other convictions Tuesday, Sept. 16. Travis Michael Gale was sentenced Tuesday…

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