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Air quality alert extended through Sunday

July 19, 2026

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) issued an air quality alert for Sunday, July 19, for elevated levels of fine particulate due to wildfire smoke.  Concentrations will range from USG (unhealthy for sensitive groups) across the lower peninsula to unhealthy in the Upper Peninsula. It is a statewide air quality alert. Smoke improved across the southern…

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Brookside Cemetery tour to highlight Scottville pioneers, Civil War history

July 18, 2026

SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Historical Society will present its Pioneers of Scottville tour of Brookside Cemetery on Thursday, Aug. 13. Led by Rob Alway, a Mason County Historical Society director and editor-in-chief of Mason County Press, the tour will feature the gravesites of Scottville pioneers, including Ruth and David Falconer, Emma Bishop Loomis, J.C. Mustard, John and Catherine Mack,…

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Sea lamprey treatment planned for Pere Marquette River

July 17, 2026

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will treat portions of the Pere Marquette River later this month to control invasive sea lamprey larvae that threaten the Great Lakes fishery. The treatments are scheduled between July 28 and Aug. 6 on the Pere Marquette River in Mason and Lake counties. The agency said the application dates are tentative and may change…

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Air quality alert extended through Saturday

July 17, 2026

With heavy smoke from Canadian wildfires continuing to choke the air, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) extended an air quality alert through Saturday, July 18, “for elevated levels of fine particulate due to wildfire smoke.” According to the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids, concentrations on Friday will range from “very unhealthy” in southern areas…

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Ludington PD news, published July 17, 2026

July 17, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is recent Ludington Police Department activity: Thursday, July 16, 2026: 8:44 a.m., a 43-year-old Traverse City man was cited for operating without a license and operating without insurance, Ludington Avenue and South James Street, City of Ludington. 9:15 a.m., a 33-year-old…

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