LUDINGTON — The S.S. Badger begins its 2013 sailing season rather unceremoniously Monday at 9 a.m. Typically sailing begins a little later in May but commercial traffic means an earlier start. While passengers are welcome, amenities will be a little light for a few weeks. But, on Friday, May 17, there will be a party as the official sailing season…
BRANCH TWP. — Mason County Sheriff’s deputies and Branch Twp. firefighters spent four hours overnight searching for two missing mushroom hunters. Personnel were dispatched about 10 p.m. Thursday to the area of Budzynski Road and First Street in the Manistee National Forest. The two women were found about 2 a.m.
VICTORY TWP. — The West Shore Community College Percussion Ensemble performed tonight at the Center Stage Theater on campus. The ensemble was accompanied by dancers from Letha Fulton School of Dance of Ludington. In the video below the groups perform “Tiger’s Blood.”
Submitted by Bill Kerans, Memorial Medical Center. LUDINGTON — Memorial Medical Center’s recently-retired 12,000-pound generator was “flown out” of the hospital on Thursday afternoon by a large crane. The unit’s 2,000-gallon underground diesel fuel tank is expected to be removed on Monday. The 588 kilowatt generator supplied emergency power to the hospital for three decades. It was replaced in March…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief. LUDINGTON — A large crowd gathered on the lawn of the Mason County Courthouse this afternoon in observance of the National Day of Prayer. The event started with the Lighthouse Baptist Church’s children choir then went into prayer for various aspects of the nation. “It’s an honor to be in a country where we can pray…
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