By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Three nonprofit organizations that operate popular attractions along Ludington’s waterfront could be negatively impacted by the City of Ludington’s proposed seasonal paid parking program. Representatives of the Mason County Historical Society and Ludington Area Jaycees have raised concerns that charging visitors to park could reduce attendance, increase costs for families and volunteers, and ultimately…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026: 5:29 a.m., car/deer crash, 4000 block of West US 10, Amber Township. 7:37 a.m., car/deer crash, Sugar Grove Road and US 31, Victory Township. 10:05 a.m., wellbeing check, 100 block…
HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Mason County Clerk Cheryl Kelly has officially called a special election for Tuesday, May 4, 2027, to fill the Hamlin Township trustee seat left vacant following the death of Johnaine Gurzynski in September. Kelly issued the official call for election Thursday, Nov. 12, after the Hamlin Township Board of Trustees failed to appoint a replacement within the…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Two road projects totaling more than $1.5 million were scheduled to open to traffic by noon today providing a new connection between South Jebavy Drive and Pere Marquette Highway. The Mason County Road Commission announced Wednesday that the $1.13 million South Jebavy Drive project and the $400,000 W.H. VanDyke Road project are nearing completion. Construction on…
LUDINGTON — Community Cats TNR has reached another milestone in its efforts to control the population of homeless and feral cats in Mason County, recently spaying or neutering its 2,100th cat. The nonprofit organization has spayed or neutered 100 additional homeless, free-roaming and feral cats since August. The milestone cat is a 10-week-old female kitten with a soft brown tabico…
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