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Love Ludington weekend is June 5 – 8

May 27, 2025

LUDINGTON — Love Ludington Weekend kicks off June 6 with fun-filled events for the whole family to signal the start of the summer season in downtown Ludington. A giant street party, a classic car show, and Blessing of the Boats are scheduled throughout this annual celebration, which pays homage to the City of Ludington. On Friday, June 6, the streets…

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OWI, warrant arrests top police activity over the holiday weekend

May 27, 2025

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 over the weekend: Thursday, May 22, 2025: 9:23 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), two-vehicle crash, no injury, Benson Road north of US 10, Branch Township. 1:39 p.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Summit Township. 2:25 p.m., (MCSO),…

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Three people injured in crash

May 27, 2025

GRANT TOWNSHIP — Three people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Quarterline Road and Forest Trail Monday, May 26, at 3:30 p.m. “A 34-year-old Decatur, Georgia woman received serious injuries after she failed to stop at the stop sign and was struck by a southbound vehicle driven by a Lansing, Michigan man,” said Mason County…

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Remembering

May 26, 2025

Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief FREE SOIL TOWNSHIP — The Custer VFW Gold Bar Post 5096 honored fallen soldiers and sailors Monday with four services. The morning began with a service at Mason County Central High School in Scottville, then Riverside Cemetery in Custer Township, Maple Grove Cemetery in Free Soil Township and concluded at the Michigan State Police Trooper…

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Sheriff Cole addresses Rolling Thunder Annual Ride for Freedom at Capitol

May 26, 2025

LANSING — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole was the featured speaker Sunday, May 25, during the Rolling Thunder Annual Ride for Freedom gathering at the Michigan Capitol. The gathering honored families of prisoners of war, military personnel missing in action and Gold Star families. Joining Sheriff Cole was Ludington High School student Sawyer Henrickson of Miss Sawyer’s Kids with a…

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