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FiveCAP offers food boxes for seniors

November 9, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — FiveCAP, Inc. will be distributing the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) boxes to income-eligible senior citizens on Wednesday, Dec. 10, in Mason, Lake, Manistee, and Newaygo counties. The program is designed to supplement the diets of low-income seniors, ages 60 and older, a demographic that is often forced to make difficult choices when it comes to spending their…

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Public Notice: Chance to get involved, Mason County Community Opioids Steering Committee

November 8, 2025

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SRO Deputy Barnett, following a family tradition

November 7, 2025

By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Contributing Writer PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Mason County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Dave Barnett is assigned to Ludington Area School District’s Ludington Elementary School (LES) as its school resource officer. LES encompasses elementary grades that had been scattered about the Ludington area in many other schools that most of us grew up going to or knowing of…

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Obituary: Kirk Delbert Williamson, 83, of Scottville

November 7, 2025

Kirk Delbert Williamson, 83 of Scottville, passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, surrounded by his loved ones. Born June 11, 1942 in Lansing, Kirk was the son of Delbert James and Helen Ruby (Peterson) Williamson. He graduated from Ludington High School, with the class of 1960. Kirk married Karen Land, and they had two children together: Kirk and Kelley.…

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Recent death: Joyce Jean Hansen, 81, of Ludington

November 7, 2025

  Joyce Jean Hansen, 81, of Ludington, died on Saturday, November 1, 2025. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Grace Funeral Home with visitation beginning at 10 a.m. Arrangements by Grace Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Ludington, www.GraceCremations.com. Listing of 2025 deaths. Listing of 2024 deaths. Listing of 2023 deaths.…

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