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Obituary: Laurie Marie (Tyndall Stanfield) Gatton, 65, of Walkerville

September 11, 2025

Laurie Marie (Tyndall Stanfield) Gatton, 65, of Walkerville, passed away, Monday, September 1, 2025, in Baldwin, after a long hard battle with multiple sclerosis. She was born on October 5, 1959, in Ludington to Henry and Dorothy (Stickney) Tyndall and raised in Carr Settlement. Laurie attended Mason County Central Schools and graduated in 1977. She moved to North Carolina in…

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Recent death: Barbara Ann Bahr, 79, of Free Soil

September 11, 2025

  Barbara Ann Bahr, 79, of Free Soil, died on Thursday, September 11, 2025. Arrangements by Grace Funeral Home and Cremation Services, formerly Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington, www.GraceCremations.com. Listing of 2025 deaths. Listing of 2024 deaths. Listing of 2023 deaths. Listing of 2022 deaths. Listing of 2021 deaths. Listing of 2020 deaths. Listing of 2019 deaths __________ Please…

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Kim Cole announces run for state senate

September 10, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole has announced that he is seeking the Republican nomination to run for the Michigan 32nd Senate seat, representing Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Manistee, and Benzie counties. Cole was elected Mason County sheriff in 2012 and has served on the department for 40 years. He is a fifth generation resident of…

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Legal Notice: Estate of Peggy Sue Gasparas, deceased

September 10, 2025

  This is a paid posting. Published Sept. 10, 2025.

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Remembering Trooper Butterfield

September 9, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — On Sept. 9, 2013, Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, 43, was killed after he was shot by a teenaged driver on a routine traffic stop on Custer Road. Every year on that date, a ceremony is held at the location where the murder took place. The event is organized by Fountain…

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