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Recent death: Dennis Franklin Houk, 79, of Pentwater

May 11, 2024

  Dennis Franklin Houk, 79, of Pentwater, died on Thursday, May 9, 2024. Arrangements by Oak Grove Funeral Home of Ludington, www.OakGroveLudington.com. Listing of 2023 deaths. Listing of 2022 deaths. Listing of 2021 deaths. Listing of 2020 deaths. Listing of 2019 deaths __________ Support Local News Receive email alerts and recaps starting at $10 per month Thank you for reading…

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Obituary: Patricia Evelyn Petersen, 91, of Ludington

May 10, 2024

Patricia Evelyn Petersen, 91 of Ludington, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024.  She was born March 27, 1933, in Muskegon, the daughter of the late Carl L. and Elizabeth A. (Przybylski) Adamczyk. Pat graduated from St. Simon High School with the Class of 1950. The following year, Pat married Don Demery Petersen on November 10, 1951 at St. Simon…

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“Deer Camp ’86″ movie to be theatrically released this month

May 9, 2024

Movie was filmed mostly in Mason and Oceana counties By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief GRAND RAPIDS — A locally produced film is being released in theaters nationwide at the end of this month. “Deer Camp ’86” was written and produced by Harold David Cronk of Scottville and Eric Michiela of Holland under the pseudonyms Bo Hansen and Riley Taurus. The super…

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Badger’s first sailing moved forward to May 17

May 9, 2024

LUDINGTON — Lake Michigan Carferry Service announced today that it has again moved the SS Badger’s first sailing of the 2024 forward to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 17. In April, LMC had announced the first sailing was to be June 1. The Badger’s coal-powered boilers will be lit this weekend. The Badger’s 2023 sailing season was cut short in…

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PHOTO FEATURE: Over 450 attend MCC Community Agriculture Night

May 9, 2024

Spartan News is presented by Mason County Central Schools in partnership with Mason County Press.  Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — Over 450 people attended Mason County Central’s third annual Community Agriculture Night Wednesday at the Upper Elementary parking lot. The event included a variety of farm,  industrial and educational displays, wagon rides, the Michigan Farm Bureau Farm Science…

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