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Scottville City Commission Meeting, May 27, 2025: Transparent Commitments

The post-Memorial Day Tuesday meeting of the Scottville City Commission (SCC) was held at the city's senior center, just south of the coun…

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Ludington City Council Meetings: April and May 2025 Redux

Our loyal readers have likely noticed that the Ludington Torch failed to put out a straight recap of Ludington City Council meetings over…

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Mayor Barnett's Blatant Gaslighting Campaign

At the May 19, 2025 meeting of the Ludington City Council, "blatant" must have been the vocabulary (or drinking) word of the day, as Mayor…

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7 May 22
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Labor Day Week Fence Up, Memorial Day Week Fence Down

I was walking through Stearns Park last night (Sunday, May 18, 2025) when it struck me that it was less than a week before summer officiall…

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3 May 20
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Scottville City Commission, May 12, 2025: Living Within Their Means

Back when former Scottville City Manager Jimmy Newkirk was running up city expenses without a commensurate increase of revenue, one person…

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0 May 17

County Commission Meeting May 13, 2025: Fair Drinking, Stix Noise, and Derelict Courts

The May 13, 2025 meeting of the Mason County Board of Commissioners featured little reminder of the controversy that plagued their last re…

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0 May 15

Slick Talkers About Bayou Oil Spills

On the afternoon of May 5, 2025, the Mason County Press ran a story about the recovery of a boat that sank back in February just east of T…

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5 May 14
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Invasive Parking Workshop

Introduction Back in the summer of 2020, Harbor View Marina (HVM) was experiencing its first year as a public marina (owned by the state,…

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0 May 8

Ludington Daily News Drops the Bowel (Movement)

On April 7th, 2025 a sewer force main was ruptured by a private contractor at 10:00 AM.  The location was at Towns Brother Construction ne…

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5 May 2
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Ross Sewage Tardy on Raw Sewage Records

Ludington City Attorney Ross "Sewage" Hammersley didn't have that nickname until last year when he committed a couple of crimes in the cat…

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0 Apr 27

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