This MCP Maritime History Blog is presented by Filer Credit Union and Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Museum. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The Goodrich Transportation Co., later known as the Goodrich Transit Co., operated for over 80 years and, at one time, was the largest passenger and freight service on the Great Lakes, operating mainly on Lake…
PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Entrepreneurs with innovative business ideas have an opportunity to secure $5,000 in startup funds by participating in the seventh Momentum 5×5 Pitch Competition, which makes its return to on Monday, August 11. All applications are due by July 11. From all entries, five finalists will be selected to present their business ideas to a panel of…
The Mason County Sports Hall of Fame has announced the recipients of the 2025 Life Lesson Awards, two from each of the county public high schools. Alex Tyndall and Lucy Shoup of Mason County Eastern High School, Nyvaeh Wendt and Jaxon Munoz from Mason County Central High School, and Reese Willis and Maksim “Maks” Flanery from Ludington High School, each…
WSCC News is a presentation of West Shore Community College in partnership with Mason County Press. VICTORY TOWNSHIP –The Muddy Fox Trot, a family-friendly 5K mud run with a boot camp style obstacle course, returns and will be celebrating its 10th year on the West Shore Community College campus on Saturday, July 19, with course flights starting at as early as 9:30 a.m. …
After a long battle with dementia, Deb Wright, 76 of Ludington, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Deb was born in Bethesda, Md. to Louis and Virginia Darr, and the family later moved to Arlington, Va. where she attended elementary school and high school. She attended college at James Madison University in Virginia and graduated…
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