Oriole News

LASD superintendent, business manager resign following turmoil, accounting error

December 4, 2025

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Ludington Area School District Superintendent Kyle Corlett is resigning from his position, effective Dec. 7. The board of education accepted Corlett’s resignation during a special meeting at L.F. Peterson Auditorium Wednesday, Dec. 3. Dr. Corlett’s resignation comes following months of strenuous and stalled negotiations with the Ludington Education Association with claims from the school’s…

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LHS, WSESD students create 270 meal kits for families in need

November 21, 2025

LUDINGTON — What started as a simple idea in a Facebook comment has turned into a community-wide effort resulting in 270 complete dinner meal kits for families in need—along with over 461 additional donated food items for the Lakeshore Food Club. About two weeks ago, West Shore Educational School District teacher Rachel Cohoon commented on a Facebook post featuring “Dollar…

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LHS to present two one-act plays Nov. 13-16

November 5, 2025

LUDINGTON — The Ludington High School Drama Club will present two one-act plays later this month. The plays include “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “In the Forests of the Night” by Del Martin. “I’ve never done one-acts at the high school before and really wanted to give the students an opportunity to experience a different genre of theatre,” said…

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LES students pledge to stop bullying

October 13, 2025

LUDINGTON — Last week Kevin Kimes of Lock Out USA presented an anti-bullying assembly, Not in My School, to Ludington Elementary School. Kimes created the program while serving as Mason County Central Upper Elementary Principal for 19 years. During the assembly, Kimes talked to the students about how to deal with a bully and what examples of bullying are. A…

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Reese Willis, Kylee Johnson named LHS All-Around Seniors

May 16, 2025

By Jeff Kiessel, MCP Contributor LUDINGTON — Ludington High School seniors Reese Willis and Kylee Johnson were named the 2024-2025 All Around Seniors during Thursday’s academic assembly. Willis and Johnson became the 87th recipients of the award that dates back to 1938. It is only the ninth time that the voting has ended in a tie. Ludington High School Principal Steve…

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