Photos and story by Jeff Kiessel, MCP contributor FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — Emergency personnel, family and friends gathered along Custer Road on Monday to remember Michigan State Police Trooper Paul Butterfield, who was killed in the line of duty by a gunman on Sept. 9, 2013 while conducting a routine traffic stop on Custer Road north of Townline Road. More…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief The worst disaster to ever strike the Ludington-based carferry fleet occurred on Sept. 9, 1910 when the S.S. Pere Marquette 18 sunk 20 miles southeast of Sheboygan, Wis., resulting in the death of 29 people. History will rank it as the second worst carferry disaster on Lake Michigan and the third worst on the Great Lakes.…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief CUSTER — Dan Quinn is reinventing a space that once was a Mason County icon. Over the past couple of years he has purchased the properties that were once home of Johnny’s of Custer. While Quinn has no intention to make any attempts to revitalize the entertainment complex, he is planning to rent the former roller…
Helen Dolores Smith, 89, of Ludington, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Dolores was born on June 28, 1935, in Glasgow, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Connie Hugo and Iris Opal (Handy) Flowers. She was a 1953 graduate of Bowling Green High School. She later attended Western Kentucky University. On November 29, 1963, she married the late Tom…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief HAMLIN TOWNSHIP — Fire damaged a cottage at Peaceful Acres Resort, 2670 N. Piney Ridge Road, Sunday afternoon. The resort is located near Hamlin Lake According to dispatch information, someone from the other side of the lake first spotted flames coming from the Cabin 14 at the 11 1/2 acre resort. Two deputies from Mason County…
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