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The Bleau's Brothers Hit the Road to Hamlin's Interesting Conflicts

"We're putting the band back together." While this may have been the goal back in the classic 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers", it was not…

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A Quorum Walks Out of an Attorney's Office: Board Members Facing Recall Now Face Open Meetings Act Lawsuit

While we normally are concerned with keeping Mason County's public bodies accountable, transparent, and operating lawfully, we sometimes v…

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Ludington City Council, January 12, 2026: Horrible Heather and Marvelous Marco

The first meeting of Ludington City Council (agenda packet) in the year of our country's 250th birthday went down at 6 PM on January 12th.…

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6 Jan 14
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LPD Privilege: Another Friendly DUI Released by LPD, Records not Released

This reporter has been arguing with those who coordinate the release of public records from the City of Ludington for 19 years running, so…

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0 Jan 11

A Revocation of Equal Justice Under Law

On June 1, 2024, off-duty LPD Officer Austin Mendez was driving home after the bar closed and had fellow officer Noah Noble trailing behin…

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3 Jan 5
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Mendez DUI Cover-up Continues, Goes All the Way to the Top

In our two decades of making Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and receiving FOIA responses, one axiom has developed that has flo…

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2 Jan 2
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The Ludington Torch's 2026 Resolutions for the New Year

It's a special year and the Ludington Torch in starting what is our own recently started 18th year of existence will do something unusual a…

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2 Jan 1
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The Big Lyla

A company who claims to be a "news" agency (by putting that word in their business title) might want to consider some core journalistic di…

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3 Jan 1
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City Leaders Violate FOIA to Extend Sgt. Mendez DUI Cover-up

On December 10th, I announced what I witnessed that afternoon at court in the Ludington Pitchfork:   "Revealed in open court today, a rum…

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2 Dec 31
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Ludington City Hall by the Math

When the city-hall-friendly (citizen-unfriendly) local paper wrote up an article on the 2026 Budget, they used a quote by City Manager Kai…

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0 Dec 28, 2025

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