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DHD #10 announces upcoming COVID and flu walk-in clinics

September 18, 2025

LUDINGTON – District Health Department #10 announced that 2025-2026 COVID-19 and flu immunizations are now available, and upcoming COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics are scheduled. The new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination is now available at DHD#10 for everyone ages 5 years and older. To learn more about the COVID-19 immunization schedule, visit: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/index.html. In addition, DHD#10 is beginning its COVID-19 and…

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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 UPDATE: A suspect, who is a 52-year-old Ludington man, was arrested at Wednesday at 8 p.m. to be lodged at the Mason County Jail. His identification is pending arraignment. “The Ludington Police Department would like to thank the Ludington Area Schools for the continued partnership along with the Ludington area residents…

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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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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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Woman sent to prison for meth was warned by judge years ago

September 17, 2025

By Allison Scarbrough, News Editor LUDINGTON — A 37-year-old woman was sentenced in Mason County’s 51st Circuit Court Tuesday, Sept. 16, to three to 40 years in prison for a conviction of delivery/manufacture of methamphetamine. Nicole Lynn Kaiser was sentenced Tuesday by the same judge who warned her back in 2017 that she would end up in prison or dead…

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