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County commissioners to consider ambulance service agreement

April 10, 2026

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Board of Commissioners will consider approving a new ambulance service agreement with Life EMS Inc. during its monthly meeting Tuesday, April 14. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at the Mason County Airport Terminal conference room, 5300 W. US 10. The proposed agreement, listed under the board’s Public Safety and Courts…

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Obituary: Ruth Mae (Warner) Freese, 94 of Ludington

April 10, 2026

Ruth Mae (Warner) Freese, 94 of Ludington, passed away in the comfort of her home on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Born on April 18, 1931, at the family home in Riverton Township, Ruth was the daughter of the late Samuel George and Bertha Elvie (Schumacher) Warner. She attended Ludington High School. Ruth married Melvin Leroy Freese on Jan. 22, 1953.…

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Tug-barge Meredith Ashton/Robert F. Deegan arrive in Ludington

April 9, 2026

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The articulated tug-barge combination of the Meredith Ashton and the Robert F. Deegan arrived at the Port of Ludington Thursday evening, docking at the Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem) facility on Pere Marquette Lake. The Meredith Ashton, a 95-foot-long, 32-foot-wide tug owned by Ashton Marine Co. of North Muskegon, was built in 1999 by Thoma-Sea…

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Varsity Softball: Kingsley defeats MCC in nonconference doubleheader

April 9, 2026

MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Smith & Eddy Insurance and Michelle and Andrew Thomas. KINGSLEY — The Mason County Central Spartans dropped a nonconference softball doubleheader to the Kingsley Stags on Wednesday, falling 4-1 in the opener and 8-1 in Game 2. In Game 1, Payton Cory pitched a…

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Varsity Baseball: Spartans fall to Kingsley in doubleheader

April 9, 2026

MCP/OCP Sports Coverage is presented by: Baker Ford Ludington, Fresh Coast Foam, Mission Graphics, Quick-Way, Inc., Smith & Eddy Insurance and Michelle and Andrew Thomas. KINGSLEY — The Mason County Central Spartans dropped a nonconference doubleheader to Kingsley on Wednesday, April 8, falling 11-6 in the opener and 3-2 in a daylight-shortened second game. In Game 1, MCC was limited…

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