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LASD board acknowledges $2.2 million fund balance discrepency

November 14, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area School District’s Board of Education has issued a letter to the public explaining that its fund balance is much higher than its members and district administrators had believed; $2.2 million higher. The letter was signed by Dr. Bret Autrey, president of the board of education and Dr. Kyle Corlett, superintendent of…

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Historical society to present ‘Michigan Lumberjacks and the Old Growth Forest’

November 14, 2025

LUDINGTON — The Mason County Historical Society will present “Michigan Lumberjacks and the Old Growth Forest,” presented by Lumberjack & Logging Museum of Grand Rapids, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20 at the Mason County Historical Society Rose Hawley Archives, 130 E. Ludington Ave.  The program will discuss lumberjacks and the logging industry in Michigan in the…

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Scottville Christmas parade is Dec. 5

November 13, 2025

SCOTTVILLE — The sixth annual Scottville Christmas parade will take place Friday, Dec. 5 beginning at 6 p.m. A tree lighting celebration will take place downtown following the parade. The parade route will again go through the neighborhoods of Scottville with participants meeting at the Mason County Central Middle School on the west end of Beryl Street. The parade route…

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Obituary: Mardella Dwyer, 89, of Ludington

November 13, 2025

Mardella Dwyer, 89, of Ludington, passed away on Monday November 10, 2025.  She was born November 5, 1936, in Ludington the daughter of Tellus and Lila (Berg) Fugere. Mardella was married Dec. 20, 1952, to Conrad Paul Dwyer. They celebrated 47 years of marriage before his death in 1999. She lived her life doing what she loved most, being the…

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Obituary: John Putnam Thorp Jr., 84, of Ludington

November 13, 2025

John Putnam Thorp Jr., 84, of Ludington, passed away on November 10, 2025. John was born on March 28, 1941, and grew up in the Irish Catholic culture of Southside Chicago. In 1955, he entered the high school seminary at the University of Notre Dame. He was ordained a Holy Cross priest in 1968 and was assigned to teach at…

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