By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief CUSTER — A push to reduce the speed of traffic on State Street (US 10) in Custer continues. Custer officials, residents and state legislators Sen. Jon Bumstead and Rep. Curt VanderWall met Monday, July 7, at Mason County Eastern High School. The legislators were presented letters from Mason County municipalities and agencies requesting the speed limit…
LUDINGTON — The City of Ludington has been awarded the Outstanding Best Practice Planning Excellence Award by the Michigan Association of Planning (MAP), the state chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). The award recognizes Ludington’s forward-thinking and community-centered approach to zoning reform, which was recently adopted after a nearly three-year process of research, collaboration, and public engagement. According to a press release from…
Richard R. Brezinski, 96, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Ludington Woods Assisted Living and Memory Care. He is survived by his son Daniel R. (Cheryl) Brezinski of Branch,; daughter Beth A. Brezinski of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and grandson Bryan D. Brezinski of East Lansing. Richard was born in Indiana in 1928 and the family moved to Michigan in…
The birth announcements are a presentation of West Shore Bank, providing service to Mason, Oceana, Manistee, Muskegon, Benzie, and Grand Traverse counties; www.westshorebank.com. Evelyn Rose Hill, the daughter of Haleigh and Stephen Hill Jr. of Branch, was born on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Ervin Joseph Del Tour, the son of Nicole Merten and Austin Del Tour of Fremont, was born on Friday,…
LAKE COUNTY — The Mason-Lake Conservation District, Michigan State University Extension, and the Bass Lakes Area Environmental Partnership for an educational event focused on aquatic plant identification and lake management strategies. The program will teach participants how to identify both native and invasive aquatic vegetation found in Michigan’s inland lakes. A diver assisted suction harvest boat demonstration will also be…
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