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VIDEO: Badger at sunset

August 4, 2024

Video by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The SS Badger sets sail into the sunset on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024.     __________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with email news alerts for $10 a month. Your contribution will help us to continue to provide you with free local news.  The easiest way…

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Photo feature: Western Michigan Old Engine & Tractor Show days 1 and 2

August 2, 2024

Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SCOTTVILLE — The 50th annual Western Michigan Old Engine & Tractor Show at the Scottville Riverside Park is underway. The final day is Saturday, Aug. 3 with the show beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 6 p.m. Saturday’s events will include kids’ day activities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — including a pedal…

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Supporters of Becky S. Lederer for Mason County Prosecutor

August 2, 2024

The following is a paid posting. Paid for by the Committee to Elect Becky S. Lederer Prosecuting Attorney, 121 E. Ludington Ave., Ludington, MI 49431. 

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Police news, posted Aug. 2, 2024

August 2, 2024

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following in Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024: 10:18 a.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, Fountain Road and US 31, Victory Township. 4:09 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road north of Kinney Road, Eden Township. 7:40 p.m., ​a 32-year-old…

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Korendyke to retire as Sandcastles Children’s Museum executive director

August 1, 2024

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Kristin Korendyke has announced that she will retire as executive director of Sandcastles Children’s Museum at the end of the year. Korendyke was one of the founders of the museum. “My career at Sandcastles has gone along with the life of my youngest child, Halle,” Korendyke said. “I was pregnant with her when Sandcastles…

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