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Emergency crews respond to flipped over canoe in Pere Marquette River

September 9, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. BRANCH TOWNSHIP — Emergency crews responded to a reported overturned canoe and two men in the Pere Marquette River near Taylor Road Monday, Sept. 8, at 9:45 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. A 72-year-old Waterford man and an 85-year-old man from…

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Oct. 11 bus tour will visit lighthouse, maritime museum tours

September 9, 2025

The Mason County Historical Society and the Lakeshore Keepers are teaming up to bring a special bus tour of local historical maritime attractions. The Saturday, Oct. 11 tour will include a visit to Big Sable Point Lighthouse at the Ludington State Park and the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum in Ludington. Guests will board shuttle buses from Ludington State Park…

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Ludington Lumber Days event debuts in October

September 8, 2025

LUDINGTON — Once the home of 14 sawmills on the banks of Pere Marquette Lake, Ludington was a lumber boom town in the late 1800s due to its abundant natural resources. While the mills are long gone, the city will celebrate its roots with its first Ludington Lumber Days, Oct. 3-5 – a new fall festival packed with lumberjack-inspired fun, history,…

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Five people injured in two-vehicle crash

September 8, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Five people, four of whom were traveling in the same vehicle, received “non-life-threatening injuries” following a two-vehicle crash on US 10 east of Nelson Road Sunday, Sept. 7, around 5:45 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. All of…

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Plane crashes in Manistee County

September 8, 2025

The single-engine aircraft was headed to Silver Lake in Oceana County SPRINGDALE TOWNSHIP, Manistee County — A plane that crashed in Manistee County was headed to Silver Lake in Oceana County Sunday morning, Sept. 7, according to Manistee County Sheriff Brian Gutowski. The single-engine plane that landed nose first in some trees was carrying one passenger and a pilot. The…

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