Ludington News

Police in Ludington are hoping to find out why a Darius Vanbrook got out of a van in the turn lane of US-10 Sunday morning.

MANITOWOC - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted Lake Michigan Carferry Service, the owner of the S.S. Badger, permission to apply for a permit to continue to operate.

The two Ludington children who have been missing since last week - Douglas and Shelby McCallum, ages 4 and 2 1/2 - were found in good condition this afternoon in Key West, Florida.

A Wyoming teenager was killed early Sunday morning near Ludington after being struck on U.S. 10 by a vehicle driven by an off-duty Mason County Sheriff's Department corrections officer.

A winter weather advisory remains in effect until 6 p.m. Saturday with two more inches of snowfall on the way.

Many community governments along Michigan's Great Lakes shorelines are concerned about their harbors receiving proper dredging from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Hamlin budget up for review, may act on request not to oppose vacating two platted, undeveloped streets going to Hamlin Lake SCOTTVILLE - The Nichols family announced Friday afternoon it was 'transferring/selling' all Nichols Drug Store prescription files to Walgreens in Ludington.

Authorities in West Michigan say they're looking for two young children whose father failed to drop them off with their mother as planned.

Cydni Hollingshed, 10, of Ludington Elementary School protests in front of Wayne County Community College District's Northwest Campus in Detroit, where the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan prepared to explain school reorganization Thursday.

Cadillac used strong defense to shut down Ludington's dribble-drive offense and score a 52-36 win over the Orioles in a non-conference boys' basketball contest Tuesday night.

A Northern Michigan judge sided with property owners in a legal dispute centered around the region's oil and gas boom two summers ago.

Singer Etta James died in late January and was buried Jan. 28. Ludington resident Tommy Roy shared memories of the Grammy winner who early in her career performed in Idlewild.. I can recall hosting the very first coast-to-coast radio network show for Etta James.

Students from a nearby school walk past the Mae Jemison Elementary School in Detroit on Wednesday, Feb.

The U.S. Environmental Protect Agency, which granted permission for the S.S. Badger ferry's owner to submit a permit application, is "not in agreement" with some of the conclusions and positions in the company's petition.

Federal regulators will let operators of the passenger ferry S.S. Badger apply for a permit to continue dumping coal ash into Lake Michigan.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend up to $500,000 dredging the Manistee harbor this summer, using harbor maintenance and operations funding.

Only 12.2 inches of snow fell on Dick Hamilton's Pere Marquette Township home so far this winter - a far cry from the 120 that fell by this date during the winter of 2008-09 and also much less than the 44 inches the area received before February 2011 began.

The Grand Haven City Council is expected to dive into the debate over the future of the Ludington-based S.S. Badger with a resolution supporting the continued operation of the coal-fired carferry.

Our letter writer urges both Muskegon and Ludington to work on a regional economy that embraces two cross-lake car ferries.

A passenger on the S.S. Badger walks outside as smoke billows while riding the vessel from Ludington on May 17, 2004.