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On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the West Shore Beekeepers Association invites the public to join ‘A Taste of Honey,’ a free, family-friendly celebration of local honey and bee products. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Ludington Senior Center (308 South Rowe Street).

DICKSON TOWNSHIP — A Cadillac woman drowned Monday evening at the Highbridge Manistee River Access, according to a press release from the Manistee County Sheriff’s Office.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman John Moolenaar led 33 of his Republican colleagues in urging U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to include specialty crop farmers in any future U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) economic aid package.

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Have you ever driven past that empty building on the corner and wondered what’s going on inside? Or noticed a long-time construction project and thought, “When will that be finished?” Starting this month, readers will have a new way to get answers to those everyday questions that spark curio…

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Detroit — Cade Cunningham experienced an offseason unlike any he had previously. His ascension to All-NBA status last season led to him becoming one of the most prominent figures in the game, with promotional events and a television appearance.

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LUDINGTON — Every soccer team in the state is hoping to round into form as the Michigan High School Athletic Association District rounds kick off.

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NORTH MUSKEGON — Looking to turn the tides on its conference season, the Mason County Central varsity volleyball team headed south on Tuesday to face North Muskegon in a West Michigan Conference-Rivers Division clash.

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MONTAGUE — All season long, the Ludington girls varsity volleyball team has been a problem for teams in the West Michigan Conference-Lakes Division.

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LUDINGTON — A Scottville woman has been charged after leading law enforcement on a high-speed motorcycle pursuit that began in Ludington and continued through Pere Marquette and Amber townships Saturday afternoon.

LUDINGTON — A 53-year-old Ludington man has been arraigned in Mason County’s 79th District Court on a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after allegedly embracing a Ludington High School student without her consent on Sept. 17, according to court records.

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BALDWIN — Betsy K. McIntyre, 69, of Irons, was sentenced Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Lake County’s 51st Circuit Court to 20 to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty in August to one count of second-degree murder, according to the Michigan Attorney General’s office.

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LUDINGTON, Mich. — Sept. 19, 2025 — The Ludington Police Department briefly closed the municipal offices Friday after receiving a phone call threatening to drive a vehicle into the department’s building, according to a press release from the department.

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