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Foster School auction postponed following city zoning change

August 28, 2026

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Mason County treasurer removed the former Foster Elementary School property from Thursday’s tax-foreclosure auction after the Ludington City Council adopted a new housing overlay for the property three days before the scheduled sale. The two-parcel property, which includes the former school building and the playground property across Foster Street, is now scheduled to…

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Police news, published Aug. 28, 2026

August 28, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026: 7:51 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Fountain Road east of Custer Road, Sherman Township. 10:34 a.m., (MCSO), gas drive-off, $42.06 in fuel stolen, Express Mart US 10,…

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U-Win Motorsports donates to Lakeshore Food Club

August 28, 2026

AMBER TOWNSHIP — U-Win Motorsports recently donated $1,950 to Lakeshore Food Club as part of the business’s yearlong 25th-anniversary community-giving campaign. U-Win Motorsports has pledged to donate $25 from every repair work order completed during the promotion to nonprofit organizations serving the area. Lakeshore Food Club, located at 920 E. Tinkham Ave. in Ludington, is a nonprofit, supermarket-style food pantry…

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Ludington High School earns national recognition for 10th consecutive year

August 28, 2026

LUDINGTON — Ludington High School has been named to the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools list for the 10th consecutive year. The school has consistently ranked among the top 10% of Michigan public high schools, according to Ludington Area School District officials. U.S. News evaluates more than 25,000 schools annually, ranking them based on academic performance, college…

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Scottville native Edgar Struble remembers Dolly Parton: ‘She was always Dolly’

August 27, 2026

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief Dolly Parton, the country music icon known as much for her kindness and generosity as her songs, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Nashville following a brief battle with cancer, according to her representatives. She was 80. Scottville native Edgar Struble knew Parton through his 15 years as Kenny Rogers’ music director. When Rogers and Parton began…

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