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. Rhys Daniel DeRooy, the son of Kaitlin and Keagan DeRooy of Ludington, was born on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. Marilyn Rose Hansberger, the daughter of Mikayla and Austin Hansberger of Ludington, was born on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at…
Great Lakes Boat Blog is a presentation of Filer Credit Union, with offices in Manistee, Ludington and Bear Lake, www.filercu.com; Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com; and the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. Please be sure to visit our companion site, www.greatlakesboatblog.com for more photographs. By Rob Alway,…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Flipstar Gymnastics Center, 5905 W. US 10, recently had 17 gymnasts travel to the Chicago area to compete in the Midwest Regional Championship meet with some of the best gymnasts from eight states. Although 45 gymnasts qualify for the meet, due to timing and location, only 17 were able to make the competition. The 17 Flipstar…
Sharon Kay Bluhm, 73, of Riverton Township, died on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Sharon Kay Bluhm was a resilient, resourceful, remarkable, woman and an inspiration to all. To know her was to love her. She was born in Muskegon on January 31,1952, to Robert and Frances Nieboer. She graduated from Muskegon High School and went on to earn degrees from…
This Maritime History Blog is a presentation of the Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, ludingtonmaritimemuseum.org, located at 217 S. Lakeshore Dr., Ludington. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The debut of the Pere Marquette 17 car ferry in 1901 marked a new era for the Ludington car ferries. It was also a testament to the Pere Marquette Railway’s new…
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