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Library offering summer reading program for children, adults

June 5, 2025

The Mason County District Library will begin its 2025 Summer Reading Program beginning Friday, June 6. This year’s theme is “Color Our World” and is available to all age groups. Children are encouraged to read daily during the summer to keep comprehension skills strong. Adults are encouraged to take advantage of all that the library has to offer. Therefore, the adult…

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Police news, published June 4, 2025

June 4, 2025

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com.  The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Monday, June 2, 2025: 6:45 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 40-year-old Green Bay, Wisconsin woman was cited for driving without a license, Dowland and George streets, City of Ludington.  Tuesday, June 3, 2025: 5:02…

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Limited access dune community forum set for June 12

June 3, 2025

BENONA TOWNSHIP, Oceana County — Mason-Oceana 911 is hosting a Limited Access Dune Community forum Thursday, June 12, at 10 a.m. at the Little Point Sable Stone Church, 668 S. Stone Church Rd., Shelby. Limited access dune communities pose a serious challenge to emergency responders who need to gain access to homes for emergencies, such as house fires. “We just…

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Blessing of the Boats to benefit Port of Ludington Maritime Museum

June 3, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Mason County Historical Society’s Port of Ludington Maritime Musuem will be the recipient of the proceeds of this year’s seventh annual Blessing of the Boats, scheduled for Saturday, June 7 from 5 to 10 p.m. at the west end of Ludington Avenue. The Blessing of the Boats is sponsored by Safe Harbor Credit…

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House severely damaged by dune grass fire

June 2, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief SUMMIT TOWNSHIP — Multiple emergency agencies responded to what began as a dune grass fire that turned into a house fire Monday afternoon just north of the Mason-Oceana county line. Riverton Fire Department was initially called to Montgomery Drive south of the Bass Lake outlet near Lake Michigan at 12:50 p.m. for a reported dune grass…

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