The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is activity of the Mason County Sheriff’s Office Thursday, July 2, 2026: 6:11 a.m., warrant arrest, Mason County Sheriff’s Office, City of Ludington, a 39-year-old Ludington man turned himself in on an outstanding failure-to-appear traffic warrant. 12:29 p.m., two-vehicle hit-and-run crash,…
Rose (Motyka) Forman, 103, of Ludington, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2026. Rose was born on Feb. 12, 1923, in Amber Township, Mason County and was the proud daughter of Polish immigrants Joseph and Agnes (Zasadnia) Motyka. She celebrated the extraordinary milestone of becoming a centenarian in 2023, marking a century richly lived and deeply cherished. Rose attended Eagle…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Pere Marquette 41 barge passes the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum Thursday afternoon as the barge and its tug, the Undaunted, departed Ludington en route to Manistee. The barge is the former legendary City of Midland 41 carferry. Built…
LUDINGTON — Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians should expect traffic disruptions Saturday, July 4, as portions of downtown Ludington close for the JCI Ludington Freedom Festival parade and evening fireworks celebration. The City of Ludington announced that US-10/Ludington Avenue between Madison Street and Lakeshore Drive, along with Lakeshore Drive to Tinkham Avenue, will be closed to through traffic beginning at 1…
Ford Adelbert Taylor, 74, of Ludington, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. Ford was born on March 14, 1952 in Ludington, the son of Adelbert and Clare (Huff) Taylor and graduated from Mason County Eastern High School with the class of 1970. In 1986, he married Karolyn Wollschlager in Ludington and they would have celebrated 40 years together this month. Ford…
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