Troopers from the Michigan State Police and the Lake County Sheriff's office are currently at a standoff with an armed person on South Forman Road in Lake County's Yates Township. No further informati... Read more »

By Deb Leishman
Pentwater correspondent
PENTWATER — Community members and the village have teamed up to pay for dredging the channel to Lake Michigan this year since the federal governm... Read more »

There are contests for most county office and county board seats this year, and most races will be decided in the Aug. 7 primary election because all but one of the candidates are Republicans.... Read more »

FILER TOWNSHIP — A lightning strike that appears to have hit a tree behind the house at 1453 Merkey Road dug a trench on its way to the house, then blew out the house’s electric meter, starting the la... Read more »

Memorial Medical Center officials are now working on the last details for expanding the hospital with almost 15,800 square feet of new surgery area and 17,700 square feet of emergency room area.
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MANISTEE — Manistee County union workers are upset the county commission recently gave raises to some county workers after the union agreed to a three-year wage freeze.
A letter to commissione... Read more »

SCOTTVILLE — Mason County Central school board members heard a first reading of an anti-bullying policy the district plans to adopt, per state rules.
Superintendent Jeff Mount talked about the ... Read more »

Kevin Negele, 29, of Ludington, was sentenced last week to five to 15 years in prison for third-degree criminal sexual conduct and five to 20 years for child abuse communications activity for incident... Read more »

A downstate high school senior came to Ludington Monday to sing and talk to O.J. DeJonge Middle School students about issues related to bullying.
Amanda Morgan spoke about her experiences of be... Read more »

The first paving projects of the year will start Wednesday for the Mason County Road Commission. North Lakeshore Drive will be paved from Tamarac Village to South Bayou, while a portion of Fountain Ro... Read more »