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November 26, 2025

Dear MCP/OCP reader, As we near what has become known as Small Business Saturday, on Nov. 29, please keep in mind that Mason County Press/Oceana County Press is also a small, locally owned business, which needs your support. A small investment from you will help us to continue the services we currently provide, and will allow us to cover even…

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The gales of November

November 26, 2025

Around the County is a presentation of Preferred Credit Union, www.preferredcu.org, located locally at 266 N. Jebavy Dr., Ludington. Photo by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Waves crash over the Ludington North Breakwater Lighthouse Wednesday, Nov. 26, as a winter storm makes its way over Mason County. North-northwest winds have been between 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 56…

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From Summit Twp. to the high seas, the story of the Curott brothers

November 26, 2025

Brothers Bill and Eugene Curott both served as captains of seagoing ships Great Lakes History Log is presented by Filer Credit Union with offices in Manistee, Ludington, East Lake, and Bear Lake and the Mason County Historical Society, which operates the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, Historic White Pine Village and the Rose Hawley Archives in downtown Ludington. By Rob…

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Men Who Care donates to Shop with a Cop/Hero

November 26, 2025

LUDINGTON — Men Who Care of Mason County recently selected Shop with a Cop/Shop with a Hero as its quarterly benefeciary. The program, funded through Friends of Ludington Police, received $3,000 from the group, which will provide Christmas presents to 15 children. Shop with a Cop/Shop with a Hero provides kids with a stipend that allows them to go with…

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Obituary: Rev. Ronald Joseph Weber, 78, of Dixon, Ill.

November 26, 2025

Rev. Ronald Joseph Weber, 78, died on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at OSF St. Katherine Hospital in Dixon, Illinois.  Ron was born March 2, 1947 in Hart, the son of John J. and Margaret E. (Christian) Weber, attended grade school in a two-room schoolhouse, and graduated from Hart High School with the class of 1964, a year younger than his peers.…

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