The public's health was put in danger last week by the City of Ludington's inability to get the word out and actually communicate with the community after a wastewater sewer main was ruptured.  The incredible lack of transparency and concern for the public health and safety displayed by the City of Ludington (COL) in this instance should be laid squarely on the shoulders of the freshman City Manager Kaitlyn Aldritch (standing in picture below) who failed to own up to and get ahead of the…See More

On April 14th, the Ludington City Council will review and potentially decide a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeal based on what appears to be unlawful redactions of a police body cam video, recently received by the Ludington Torch after a protracted court battle with the City of Ludington (COL) over a pattern of unlawfully enacted FOIA fees in two schemes designed by Ludington City Attorney Ross "Sewage" Hammersley.  This appeal is based on the principle that public records should be…See More

"It is conceded that Prosecutor [Beth] Hand had knowledge and deliberately withheld evidence and information that was required to be produced.   Our courts have held that the withholding of exculpatory evidence by the prosecutor after discovery has been requested constitutes a Brady violation...Ms. Hand's failure to bring discovery and blatant misrepresentation before the court at the preliminary examination amounts to nothing less than intolerable due process violations." "  -- …See More

16 year old Landon Mosqueda was driving on Jebavy at 11 AM on Saturday March 29th when he noticed a motorist had drove off the road and was experiencing some kind of medical emergency. The Ludington High School wrestler and football player flagged…

It has been a couple of years since our first time of looking at the proposed Gotion project in nearby Mecosta County, and had everything went according to the plan of our state leaders and that company, we would likely be looking now at a finished electric vehicle battery plant from the China-based company funded with well over one billion dollars of state and local subsidies…See More