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MCP Sports: Flipstar teams successful at local meet

November 25, 2025

PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Flipstar Gymnastics had amazing success at the Flip Flop for Fall Invitational. Flipstar hosted teams at its gym, 5909 W. US 10, from around the state with 75 Flipstar Team gymnasts compete, a record number. Of the 75, 70 of the gymnasts competed in the competitive sessions and earned 224 Top-3 podium medals with 99 of…

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MCC eSports team advances to state championships; Woods named to all-state team

November 25, 2025

Spartan News is a presentation of Mason County Central School District in partnership with Mason County Press. SCOTTVILLE — In a back and forth match that had several lead changes, The Mason County Central Mario Kart eSports team beat No. 5 Jenison to advance to the in-person state championship rounds.  The Spartans lost to Jenison earlier in the season and…

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Crash victims were community leaders in Ludington, Idlewild

November 24, 2025

AMBER TOWNSHIP — An early November snowstorm took the lives of a couple who were community leaders in Ludington and Idlewild. Lake effect snow struck western Mason County on Monday, Nov. 10 causing several traffic crashes. A crash that occurred that day on US 10-31 east of Dennis Road took the lives of Fredna Lindsey, 88, and Joe Lindsey Sr.,…

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Hamlin Township audit shows multiple accounting errors

November 24, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — A recent audit of Hamlin Township’s financial accounting practices shows many discrepancies. The audit found several instances in which transactions were not recorded in chronological order, mathematical errors, and significant differences in the balances recorded in the general ledger versus reconciled balances along with bank reconciliations that did not match the bank register.…

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MCP Sports: Hook & Catch Wrestling’s Maidens stands out in competition

November 24, 2025

PAW PAW — The Hook & Catch Wrestling/Jiu-Jitsu Club of Ludington competed in three separate events during the Thug Trials at the Performance Fieldhouse Saturday, Nov. 22. Both youth and adult athletes represented the club in wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and mixed martial arts bouts. One standout performance of the night came from BJJ Blue Belt Jacob Maidens, who made his…

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